Movies: Manoel de Oliveira

Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha (Guimarães), but her prayer is not heard - She turns her devotion to the Blessed Virgin directly, and joins the mult...

A silent film depicting a meeting between Nikita Khrushchev and Pope John XXIII is screened....

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...

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....

Every year the Viennale invites a famous director to produce a short film as the festival trailer. In 2014 the choice has fallen on the 105-year old Manoel de Oliveira....

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

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

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

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

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal....

A look at various statues in the city of Lisbon. This film is incomplete and was distributed against the will of the director....

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

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....

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

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

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....

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 recolt, transport to the mills – traditional or industrial ones – manipulation of the flour into actual...

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....

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