Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.

A blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the street where he begs every day.

In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious...

Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters...

Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in an eternal garden in the middle of a modern city...

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What...

On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making...

The characters from a historical piece of art come to life to discuss poignant themes such as war and world peace.

Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make...

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of the Luso-Brazilian philosopher, this work has...

Manoel de Oliveira's homage to Vila do Conde, with a poem by José Régio. It was shot in 1965, but only completed in 2008.

An exploration of the movie "The strange case of Angelica" and an understanding Manoel de Oliveira's cinema.

Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film...

Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.

The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and...

Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Each day, Man must work around the clock to produce and acquire bread: throwing the seeds into earth, helping the breeding of the corn, the corn's...