José Saramago

The dawn is strange, with a harbinger of change. The next morning, Maria receives a mysterious visitor that leaves José disturbed and will lead her to re-signify her own destiny.

Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness of genius. José Saramago, 1998 Nobel Laureate in Literature, has a heteronym, Ricardo Reis, return to Portugal after a 16-year exile in Brazil. 1936 is a perilous year with Mussolini’s fascism, Hitler’s Nazism, Spain’s Civil War and Salazar’s New State in Portugal. And Fernando Pessoa meets his creation, Reis. Two women, Lídia and Marcenda, are Reis’ carnal and impossible passions. “Life and Death as one” allows for literature and cinema.

How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has been depicted in cinema, television, cartoons, theater, opera, ballet and other artistic disciplines. An adventure that began more than four hundred years ago in the pages of a book and is far from coming to an end…

역사학 교수 아담의 일상은 평화롭지만 건조하다. 그러던 어느 날 아담은 동료가 추천해준 영화에서 자신과 똑같은 외모의 배우 앤서니를 발견한다. 알 수 없는 호기심에 이끌려 앤서니를 찾아나서던 아담은 결국 앤서니와 직접 대면하기에 이른다. 하지만 둘의 첫 만남 이후 도리어 앤서니가 아담에게 집착하기 시작한다. 이윽고 아담의 여자친구에게 흥미를 느낀 앤서니가 아담에게 서로의 신분을 바꿔볼 것을 제안하고 아담이 이를 받아들이며 상황은 점점 서로의 통제를 벗어나기 시작한다.

Documentary about the life and work of the writer José Saramago, with particular emphasis on the historical context and the importance of his novel "Memorial do Convento", based on archival images and testimonies by several personalities.

Nuno is a man working at a hot dog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno becomes mysteriously confined to his car, finding his life suddenly embargoed.

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and his wife, Pilar del Río. The film shows their whirlwind life of international travel, his passion for completing his masterpiece "The Elephant's Journey", and how their love quietly sustains them throughout.

평범한 어느 날 오후, 앞이 보이지 않는다며 한 남자가 차도 한 가운데에서 차를 세운다. 이후 그를 집에 데려다 준 남자도, 그를 간호한 아내도, 남자가 치료받기 위해 들른 병원의 환자들도, 그를 치료한 안과의사도 모두 눈이 멀어버린다. 시야가 뿌옇게 흐려져 앞이 보이지 않는 정체불명의 이상현상.. 눈먼 자들의 수가 기하급수적으로 늘어나면서 정부는 그들을 병원에 격리수용하고, 세상의 앞 못 보는 자들이 모두 한 장소에 모인다. 그리고.. 남편을 지키기 위해 눈먼 자처럼 행동하는 앞을 볼 수 있는 한 여인(줄리안 무어)이 있다. 아수라장이 되어버린 병동에서 오직 그녀만이 충격의 현장을 목격하는데..

José Saramago, the Portuguese writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the greatest references in Portuguese literature. In this documentary, with the title of one of his most emblematic works, we are taken to cover part of his life.

The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the debate about Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. Santos discusses his views on the importance of respecting difference and his belief that an alternative globalisation model could wholly enfranchise all citizens of the world. An illustrious presence in 20th century social sciences, the man dubbed as ‘geography’s philosopher’ eloquently elucidates a developing world perspective on the global age.

A young writer moves to a new town on 21 December 2007. Among the moving boxes is a disc containing his father's legacy. One of these disks is the Cantata Santa Maria de Iquique Luis Advis Quilapayun interpreted by the group. The Cantata heard as a group of different personalities from the world of culture are telling us, tell us, "what history will not remember" their experiences, their impressions.

Reflections on childhood, individualism and existentialism in the form of visual poetry.

Reflections on childhood, individualism and existentialism in the form of visual poetry.

The documentary looks in the life and work of Mario Benedetti, especially in his poetic work, the keys to an illustrious Montevideo. A man who has had to live several exiles and has received all the awards that this world can give. But above all, the affection of an unconditional, massive and faithful audience that follows him everywhere and pampers him every day with their applause and reading. A sad childhood, a youth full of work and reading, and a maturity full of commitments marked Benedetti. His work testifies the history, that which only artists can tell.

Documentary about the Portuguese language, and people who speak it around the world.

An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world. Unusual images, of burning trees or empty deserts, link the interviews, which vary from deep to funny to poetic.

About the Portuguese author José Saramago, based on a long interview with the writer at his home on the island of Lanzarote, in which he analyzes his work and shares his reflection on some aspects of his personal life.