Writer
The agitated and tragic life of poet Castro Alves, and his romance with actress Eugênia Câmara.
Director
The agitated and tragic life of poet Castro Alves, and his romance with actress Eugênia Câmara.
Writer
The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.
Director
The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.
Screenplay
En 1336, Pedro, heredero de la corona portuguesa, se casa con Constanza Manuel de Villena, una noble castellana, por razones políticas; pero el impulsivo príncipe termina cediendo al amor que siente por Inés de Castro, la dama de compañía de su esposa.
Director
En 1336, Pedro, heredero de la corona portuguesa, se casa con Constanza Manuel de Villena, una noble castellana, por razones políticas; pero el impulsivo príncipe termina cediendo al amor que siente por Inés de Castro, la dama de compañía de su esposa.
Director
It focuses on maritime tragedy of the town and a forbidden love between Julha and João Moço, from different fisher castes, in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed and dating without parent's assent was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.
Director
Documentary on the Portuguese coastal town of Póvoa de Varzim, where the director had filmed Ala-Arriba! in 1942.
Director
Director
Bocage es un ex oficial de la marina, un caballero culto, un hombre apasionado y un poeta. Vivió en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII, y pasa por una serie de relaciones, escribiendo poemas de amor a sus Tres Gracias: su colega Márcia, una niña salvaje, y sus dos hermanas.
Director
Director
“Produced by the Portuguese Consortium of Tin Fish to advertise Portuguese canned food products in foreign markets, and possibly directed by Leitão de Barros, Tin Sardines is a curious account of its manufacturing process”.
Director
Adaptation of the homonymous novel by Júlio Dantas. Trying to highlight the romantic tone, the ruralism of the picturesque situations and environments, the spirit and characters of 1863 are revived: the characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinguished morals of Pedro and Daniel, the bonhomie of João Semana, finally the disagreements , common sense, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of Minho.
Director
Based on the novel of the same name, by Júlio Dantas, this is the first Portuguese all-talking sound film, dramatization of the story of the Fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana, known as A Severa.
Screenplay
Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat of Nazaré who lost part of his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aunt Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible for this tragedy. A few years later, Maria, Falacha's daughter, falls in love with Manuel, Aurélia's son, which makes the two young people the new Romeo and Juliet. As for Falacha, he succumbs to social pressure and commits suicide...
Editor
Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat of Nazaré who lost part of his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aunt Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible for this tragedy. A few years later, Maria, Falacha's daughter, falls in love with Manuel, Aurélia's son, which makes the two young people the new Romeo and Juliet. As for Falacha, he succumbs to social pressure and commits suicide...
Director
Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat of Nazaré who lost part of his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aunt Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible for this tragedy. A few years later, Maria, Falacha's daughter, falls in love with Manuel, Aurélia's son, which makes the two young people the new Romeo and Juliet. As for Falacha, he succumbs to social pressure and commits suicide...
Screenplay
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town - Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.
Executive Producer
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town - Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.
Editor
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town - Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.
Director
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town - Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.
Director
The first Portuguese documentary. A remarkable look at the lives of the working people of Nazaré, a fishing town in Western Portugal.
Screenplay
The first Portuguese documentary. A remarkable look at the lives of the working people of Nazaré, a fishing town in Western Portugal.
Director
During a reception at a noble house, during the XVIII century, an ancient courtesan takes the petals of a marigold off, one-by-one, and remembers his encounter - and separation - of the woman he loved.
Director
A Portuguese bourgeois dares to look at a Spanish lady's delicate ankles at the beach, but his wife will have nothing of it. Later, it's him that forbids his daughter from seeing a young man she had met at the same beach.
Director
The Man with the Crooked Eyes is a unfinished 1918 Portuguese silent film made for Lusitânia Film and directed by José Leitão de Barros, starring Filipe Melo. This was restored and edited together in 2007 using all existing raw footage.
