Francisco, behave! I Know it's your birthday, you are thirty now, it's carnival, you've dressed as a cowboy for the school party and you are...

The story of a man who sees his life change radically upon confronting his progressive loss of memory. As his neurological condition advances, it...

The film presents us with a reflection on the Spanish Civil War in the Portuguese society, At a time when Salazar ruled.

During the war of in-dependency Evita moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís. She slowly discovers how different and disturbing life is in a...

In a remote island where mourning was settled, a man decreed that there will never be sex or children anymore... The island gets desolate and he...

After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio...

One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island"....

This short film is based upon a book of tales "Exemplary Crimes" by Max Aub who, in his turn, was inspired by real testimonies that describe crimes...

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.

The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a...

Nourished by pain, it corrupts the intimacy of a couple that has lost their child. The mother, Gracinda Nave, refuses to speak, transforming their...

Monteiro moved far away from the visual opulence defined by his earlier films with his inspired adaptation of radical Swiss writer Robert Walser’s...

The life of a couple flickers between February 14th and April 1st of the same year.