Manoel de Oliveira Movies

A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís, filmed in December 2005.

A satirical short film about technology.

The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the...

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

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

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

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without...

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

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

This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of...

Two schoolboys, Carlitos and Eduardo, fight for the affection of a girl, Teresinha.

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro...

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...

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

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

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

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

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