Movies: Manoel de Oliveira

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

Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-years-old then]. Two humanists of different philosophical backgrounds, both with their long, entire ...

Reflecting the filmmaker's passion for automobiles, who in his youth participated in car races, the film portrays the attempt to manufacture a new model in the Ford factory in the city of Porto....

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

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of the Luso-Brazilian philosopher, this work has testimonies from himself and various personalities of Portugal and Brazil that allow us to unravel his per...

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

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

A group of tourists arrives to the historical center of Guimarães. The camera goes up over the shoulder of Alfonso Henriques' statue. The first king of Portugal, holding up his sword, demands respect. Nevertheless, from there we see how the group of ...

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

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 Miramar. The film is currently lost....

Part of a series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Manoel de Oliveira looks at Nice....

From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince Henry the Navigator, through its Viking ships and dizzying bridges, the Douro is a great witness to the history and cul...

A satirical short film about technology....

A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís....

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

A series of images documenting the floods of the river Tagus. This film has been recovered and made available by the Cinemateca Portuguesa....

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....

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A look at the life in the small village Vilaverdinho, in the North of Portugal. Oliveira made this film as a present for a friend. It has only been publicly shown once....