Paulo Rocha

1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country. Some years later, of all the ...

Vanitas is the new feature film by veteran Portuguese director Paulo Rocha. With a script by Regina Guimarães, the film brings together actresses ...

Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist ...

Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the ...

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

Theatrical dramatization of Island of Loves.

A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis ...

This film, made as a “twin” of A ilha dos amores, was planned as a poetic documentary on the enigmatic life of Wenceslau de Moraes ...

This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer ...