Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him...

A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired...

The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money, and his...

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

Reel 11 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Set...

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

A group of tourists arrives to the historical center of Guimarães. The camera goes up over the shoulder of Alfonso Henriques' statue. The...

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

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

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

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

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

Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha...

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.

The film exhibited the community and the beach, "how I new and it was shown to me" (Manoel de Oliveira) by the Meneres family, that had a house in...

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.

Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira filmed in 1965 and exhibited in 2008 in the Venice Film Festival.

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

A satirical short film about technology.