Manoel de Oliveira Movies

From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince...

On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making...

A tribute documentary to Manoel de Oliveira, on occasion of his 100th birthday.

A documentary following the process of sculpting in stone, from the creation to the final work of art.

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Reflecting the filmmaker's passion for automobiles, who in his youth participated in car races, the film portrays the attempt to manufacture a new...

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.

Momento marks a second encounter between Manoel de Oliveira and the singer-songwriter Pedro Abrunhosa, whose song of the same name inspired...

Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of...

The film exhibited the community and the beach, "how I new and it was shown to me" (Manoel de Oliveira) by the Meneres family, that had a house in...

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters...

A series of images documenting the floods of the river Tagus. This film has been recovered and made available by the Cinemateca Portuguesa.

Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha...