Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.

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

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...

Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of...

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

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

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...

The painter António Cruz wanders around the city of Porto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in...

A documentary following the process of sculpting in stone, from the creation to the final work of art.

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

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

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...

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.

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.

Momento marks a second encounter between Manoel de Oliveira and the singer-songwriter Pedro Abrunhosa, whose song of the same name inspired...

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

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