Miguel Monteiro

The character of a novel gains life to torment the author, revisiting and reliving the story of a crime.

Inspired by the biography of the portuguese painter Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro, known as Maluda, who found the stage of her art in Lisbon.

Years after her son's disappearance, a mother keeps trying to find him after an abduction that justice cannot solve while she is moving in a universe that wants to force her to mourn a child that she believes is still alive.

At the core of a royal court unbalanced by the long absence of its King, where women seem to have disappeared along with reason, the Crown Prince is murdered. Wrapped in the plot of the promoters of a decaying libertine spirit, the heir’s brothers, a pair of twins united by the music they play together and their Valet, witness a hunt for the prepetator launched by the palace doctor's deduction. In the background of all the chatter rises the individual desire of the twins for the dynasty.

In a rural landscape, that resembles an old Portugal, an elderly man find out that his wife, whom he believed to be dead, was seen shopping in town. Spiteful and sad, he wants to hide from everyone, but his friends insist that he uses this situation to become stronger and try to get married again.

The hypochondriac Sebastião and his not so normal family must save the country from the prime minister's plan of selling the country to China, Germany, France and Angola, and show that Portugal is not for sale.

Фильм рассказывает долгую историю семейства, владеющего цирком.

Inspired on the true events of the Portuguese king Don Pedro (14th Century) which unburied his mistress to make her queen after dead. This film tells the story of Pedro, a man admitted to a psychiatric hospital for traveling by car with the corpse of his beloved, recalling simultaneously three different lives: one from the past, another from nowadays and another one from an distopic future.

The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.

This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.

Double revenge in two separate stories. Set in both a near future and the historical past, revenge is served not by violence, but by love.

История Жасинты, одной из троих детей, которым в 1917 году около португальского селения Фатима явился образ Пресвятой Девы Марии.

The family of Ana Luisa meets at home to celebrate her father's birthday. As the guests sit around the table they will share memories of the past, in which all have a common denominator: the late Josefa, Ana Luisa's mother. Hearing the stories, Ana Luisa realizes the impact that his late mother had on their life choices and imagines what would have happened if she had followed other paths, taken other options and said what was unsaid. At the same time, an event of unknown origin causes a change in space and time, enabling people all over the world the access to parallel universes. Ana Luisa will thus have the opportunity to change the past...

Фильм о молодом советском скульпторе, которому поручено создать статую Сталина. Ответственное задание превратит скромного художника в объект пристального внимания КГБ и позволит узнать о «вожде народов» куда больше, чем он сам рассчитывал.

The story of a 24 year-old, who grew up in an institution for six years and returned home of their host family. He lives with his younger brother Zezito and his adoptive grandmother, Dona Angustina.

Lazarus de Jesus is the adopted son of a wealthy lady from Lisbon, whom he calls Grandmother. It is she who introduces him to Godfather, a great businessman who takes him as his protégé, and Angelina, the woman Grandma wants him to marry. But Lazarus has other hidden interests, the most important of which is an obsessive fixation on female armpits. When he sees the violinist Maria Pia playing, Lazarus immediately falls in love and starts to live for her, which will precipitate an absolutely unpredictable ending.

A young girl goes through a series of strange events after she is dumped by her boyfriend on her birthday and loses her job.

I am the double of the shadow of my own image. An allegory that occupies my place. This is my act of contrition. Beyond good and evil, I stand as an equation: Its result cannot be manipulated By morals or ethics. In mathematics there is no place for beliefs Just as life and death Are a certain fate.

Four people meet during a train trip up the Douro Valley.

The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend, João da Ega, allegedly a brilliant writer, Carlos, with his idle existence as an aristocratic doctor, spends his time to enjoying friends and lovers. Until he falls in love. She is a new character in this revolutionary novel. It's a vertiginous passion that goes beyond that past gloominess to reach a new and darker abyss, incest.

Alone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and beautiful writer, Elisa von der Recke, comes to visit, it breathes new life into the old man. A movie that captures the myth of the greatest seducer of all times, Casanova, his story is told both through fiction and on-stage opera performances that unravel the tale of his adventures, his passions, and ultimately his fear of death.

Марго отказалась от блестящей музыкальной карьеры ради отношений с Фурио, и теперь старается сохранить то, что осталось от их прежней любви. Одновременно с этим ее возлюбленный Фурио пытается закончить реставрацию старинного дворца, но задача оказывается невыполнимой из-за бесконечных преград, возникающих на его пути.

A triptych of short stereoscopic films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and Edgar Pêra. Includes "The Three Disasters" by Godard, "Cinesapiens" by Pêra and "Just in Time" by Greenaway.

27 сентября 1810 года французские войска под командованием маршала Андре Массены, двигавшиеся к Лиссабону, неожиданно обнаружили перед собой огромную англо-португальскую армию. Маленькая нищая Португалия не желала покоряться Наполеону и французская армия потерпела поражение под Серра-ду-Бусаку. Несмотря на победу, англо-португальская армия была вынуждена отступить к укрепленной линии Торрес — Ведраса, которая была построена поперек гористого полуострова между рекой Тахо и морским побережьем для прикрытия Лиссабона. В этом месте собирается множество людей из разных социальных слоев — солдат и гражданских, мужчин, женщин и детей, молодых и старых. Преследуемые французской армией, беглецы двигаются вперед, стиснув зубы, чтобы спасти свою жизнь. Все они — молодой лейтенант Педро де Аленкар, Кларисса, мстительный сержант Франциско Хавьер или проститутка Мартирио, — все приходят разными путями к линиям Веллингтона, где финальная битва решит судьбу каждого из них…

Salvador knew Contança and Santiago. He did not know, but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constance did not know Laurence. Only Santiago knew Laurence, Constança and Salvador.

Between February and July 1858, in the Massabielle cave, the Virgin appeared eighteen times to Bernadette Soubirous, a miserable little girl from Lourdes. A true revolution in the heart of the Second Empire that shakes the established order by his universal message of love and prayer.

История переносит зрителя в XIX век и погружает в настоящий вихрь приключений, роковых совпадений, тайн, преступлений, неистовых страстей, страшной мести и безумной любви. В Лиссабоне, полном интриг и секретов, мы познакомимся с людьми, так или иначе причастными к судьбе главного героя, Педро да Силвы. Среди них мужественный священник, не отступающий перед опасностями, красавица графиня, потерявшая разум от ревности, удачливый делец, наживший состояние на кровавом морском разбое. У каждого невероятная судьба, и их жизненные пути пересекаются самым непостижимым образом…

Joana, 40 years old medical phychiatric, is married to Paul, an executive of a large financial company. Paul hopes that Joana fulfils her role and follows his constant social influences demonstrations. But the marriage is profoundly altered when Mónica, a young model, enters Joana´s life. Irresistibly attracted, they involved romantically, in a world of liberating experiences and feelings. But this will be a short trip, since the revelation of this affair forces Paulo to take drastic measures... ~ FICA

Реальная история из жизни легендарной португальской певицы Амалии Родригеш...

In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.

Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.

A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere figment, an image, a reflection? Teresa is an apparition. A pretext for an amoral violent uprising, for doomed love.

THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. Set in the old Romanesque city of Lisbon during the course of one night where love is the art of survival. Written by Anonymous

Anna is a famous striptease dancer who falls for her body without shame. She is accused of theft and questioned the commissioner Lourenço, being dazzled by their strength, independence and freedom. The man will be caught by the passionate desire and the fatal attraction that she causes.

Сюжет закручен вокруг мэра небольшой деревушки в южной Португалии, отказывающего одобрить туристический проект. С приездом тысяч туристов весь старый уклад жизни в деревне был бы непременно нарушен. Для того, чтобы заставить мэра согласиться богатый бизнесмен, имеющий собственный интерес в деле, нанимает Марию. Мария должна соблазнить мэра Мейерелеса, и, шантажируя его, заставить поставить свою подпись. С первого взгляда Мейрелес влюбляется в Марию, и, как ни странно, не сопротивляется «соблазнению».

Истории простой девушки и могущественного футбольного президента. В Португалии кольцо коррупции, в которое вовлечены политики и местные органы власти, действует с непобедимой территории футбола. Система основана на привилегиях. Это сеть сообщников. Спортивные менеджеры, местные мэры, государственные деятели, журналисты, полицейские, судьи и чиновники поддерживают друг друга. Голоса несогласных замолкают и держатся в стороне. Существует целый список загадочных нападений, царит безнаказанность. Попытки обеспечить верховенство права систематически обречены на провал. Судебные дела рассматриваются в упрощенном порядке. Честные судьи, магистраты, полицейские и журналисты теряют свои позиции перед лицом всеобщего безразличия. Пока однажды девушка не издаст книгу. Книга вызывает волнение в португальском обществе..

The journey begins in the Roman ruins of Milreu in Portugal, where a mother reads to her son Seneca's advice on the importance of reading. It then takes them through villages and shores where light reigns.

Remake of the 1953 original. Princess Elysa is touring Rome, and decides to get "out and about" away from her normal life. She meets with an American reporter and his photographer, who show her the sites. The reporter is initially more interested in a story than the Princess, but begins to fall for her.