The Night

The Night 1999

6.10

It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are alone and abandoned.

1999

Uma Vida Sublime

Uma Vida Sublime 2018

6.10

Dr. Ivan has found two radical cures for unhappiness: the diagnosis of fake terminal cancers and the temporary elimination of some of the 5 senses. But will the therapies result or will they have unforeseeable side effects?

2018

Fatal Sin

Fatal Sin 2013

5.50

A boy and a girl fall in love. But on the night they met, she was drunk and stoned and he took advantage of her. Although she does not remember almost anything from that night, she remembers something that may compromise their relationship.

2013

Boca do Inferno

Boca do Inferno 2019

1

A shy Portuguese poet and an exuberant English occultist meet up in Lisbon in 1930. When the last one disappears, an English detective begins a thorough investigation: was it a suicide, as reported. Or a homicide? This is the real story of the brief meeting between Fernando Pessoa, Aleister Crowley, and Hanni Larissa Jaeger.

2019

The Outlaws

The Outlaws 1994

6.70

In the 40's, after the Spanish Civil War, many republicans defeated by the nationalist forces of Franco found refuge on the bordering mountains in the north of Portugal. Some saw them as brigands, others gave them shelter and helped them on the sly to police forces of Salazar. They were... the Outlaws.

1994

Fado Lusitano

Fado Lusitano 1994

7.00

Portugal feels himself a little country in the tail of Europe. Has a wandering heart, an adventurous spirit, an embittered soul and an obedient body.

1994

Eggs

Eggs 1994

4.20

The story of an egg trapped inside a frying-pan trying to escape its fate, symbolized by a huge spatula, determined to attack him.

1994

Cloak of Honors, The tale of the boy and the old men

Cloak of Honors, The tale of the boy and the old men 2023

1

Valentine has only one: to go to Luxembourg to see his father. To achieve this, he allies himself with Justino, a wise old man with any answer on the tip of his tongue. A tale about a little apprentice and his demanding master.

2023

O Antiquário

O Antiquário 2022

1

Vicente was a mean old man, short of words. In his collection, he lacked the pyx of mercy he so admired.

2022

Religiosa

Religiosa 1970

1

A nun enjoys her bicycle.

1970

In-Betweens

In-Betweens 2001

1

There are many in-betweens in my film. The most relevant that are in the source material are essential to the film, they are their own Time and Space generators, they are what exists between each of the imagens.

2001

Stowaway

Stowaway 2000

1

An old, rusty freighter enters the harbor on the morning of December 24th. A board brings a clandestine passenger who tries, at night, to jump into the country.

2000

Magister

Magister 2019

1

Magister takes us on a restricted access trip. From a very intimate point of view, one follows the work of the director in the construction of a play. What really exists beyond this art form?

2019

Desta Água...

Desta Água... 2010

1

We only understand some behaviour when we duplicate them involuntarily.

2010

This Christmas I Wish For...

This Christmas I Wish For... 1998

1

X’mas wish-list that two brothers are writing is leading to them not wanting to share their desired toys once they get them for Christmas, so Santa Claus gives them one new toy, for both, for them two to share and play together with, so as to teach them a lesson in fellowship.

1998