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E o Tempo Passa 2011 star_border 5.3
Teresa is a soap-opera actress. Meeting again an old passion brings her back apparently lost memories, leading her to question not only her love life but also her career options. In the studio, the daily work is spiced by the frenzy group of younger actors. After all, they all ask the same question: where does happiness lies?

The Island of Contenda 1999 star_border 5.8
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.

Chronicle of Good Hoodlums 1984 star_border 5.8
This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!

As Ruínas no Interior 1977
During World War II, during a misty morning, near a fishermen's village, four children come across two RAF pilots ejected from a plane that crashed in the sea.

O Princípio da Sabedoria 1976
In the gardens of a large village house belonging to a reclusive architect, a hand is found. In a sign placed at the gates of the property, the architect annouces he will return it to whoever proves to be the owner.

The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir 1976 star_border 5
Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.

Trás-os-Montes 1976 star_border 6.8
The first feature in António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro’s trilogy is a journey through this almost mythical region of north-east Portugal, a tapestry of micronarratives where past, present and future become intertwined.

Benilde or the Virgin Mother 1975 star_border 7.2
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle; however, her distressed bourgeois family decides that Benilde has lost her mind.

Brandos Costumes 1975 star_border 6.2
A portrait of the everyday life of a typical middle-class family in parallel with the fall of the "Estado Novo", the 48-year dictatorship led by Salazar. The daughters' conflicts and frustrations with their parents, their grandmother and their maid find an obvious echo in the country's collective events. The Carnation Revolution is about to explode.

Cartas na Mesa 1975
Jorge Lopes is a journalist in a Lisbon daily newspaper. He does story after story in the Portuguese capital, covering all the aspects of its life, accompanied when necessary by Antonio, his photographer.

Era uma vez...Amanhã 1972
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

O Diabo Era Outro 1969
Rui, a young musician, is writing poems for the vaudeville company.

A Caçada do Malhadeiro 1969 star_border 5
French Invasion, 1810. After being chased out of Buçaco, five French soldiers from Massena’s army enter the home of a humble family, rob and rape a 13-year-old girl. The father and older son swear revenge and try to hunt down the soldiers before they cross the border.

The Iron Cross 1968 star_border 10
Two neighboring villages fight over control of a stream to water their lands.

Tejo - Rota do Progresso 1967
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

Cruzeiro do Sul 1966
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

The Wheat and the Tares 1965
A sad and strong people living in the huge plains of Alentejo. Their endless struggle for bread, their nostalgic, bewitching songs and their daily toil to turn a dry, barren land into golden wheat fields.

The Hunt 1964 star_border 7.1
Two friends decide to go hunting but without guns, so that no accident will happen. As they stroll and talk, one of them falls into a hole in a hidden marshland. His friend runs away, and manages to gather a number of men that were in the vicinity. They form a human chain to pull the victim out, but their affliction mounts, as they have no strategy for doing it, and they can't understand each other.

O Milionário 1962 star_border 7

A Luz vem do Alto 1959
The struggle between two friends: one, symbolizes the deepest incredulity about religion; the other, priest Manuel, endures insults with stoic resignation, but doesn't give up on installing words of faith in the hope of recovering his soul for God. In a pathetic atmosphere, in which everyone defends the primacy of their beliefs, they feel surrounded by a bundle of circumstances linked to a secret of love, with an unexpected and disconcerting outcome ...

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O Grande Safari do João Valentão 1989