List of the best Manoel de Oliveira movies: The Strange Case of Angelica(2010), Aniki Bobo(1942), Benilde or the Virgin Mother(1975), Porto of My Childhood(2001), Francisca(1981), Acto de Primavera(1963), I'm Going Home(2001), Magic Mirror(2005), Belle Toujours(2006), Gebo and the Shadow(2012), The Convent(1995), Party(1996) ... ...
Fantasy, Drama
UK
2010
97 Minutes
Director
Ricardo Trêpa Pilar López de Ayala Leonor Silveira Luís Miguel Cintra Ana Maria Magalhães Isabel Ruth Filipe Vargas Paulo Matos
Filmed at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in front of an adoring home crowd, the show was the biggest revival story of 2009 and the first time the band had been captured in concert for 28 ... See full summary »
Drama
Portugal
1942
102 Minutes
Director
Américo Botelho Feliciano David Nascimento Fernandes
The story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River. A gang of very young kids has just accepted a new member, Carlitos, a shy boy who has "played it tough... See full summary »
Drama
Portugal
1975
112 Minutes
Director
Maria Amélia Aranda Jorge Rolla Varela Silva Glória de Matos Maria Barroso Jacinto Ramos
Raised in seclusion, a young woman claims her unborn child was conceived through an angel.
Drama
Portugal|France
2001
62 Minutes
Director
Ricardo Trêpa Jorge Trêpa Rogério Samora Antonio Fonseca Agustina Bessa-Luís Maria de Medeiros Leonor Silveira Leonor Baldaque José Wallenstein Duarte de Almeida
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The city of Porto viewed by the intimate eye of Manoel de Oliveira.
Biography, Drama
Portugal
1981
166 Minutes
Director
Diogo Doria Mário Barroso Teresa Menezes Manuela de Freitas Glória de Matos Lia Gama João Guedes Cecília Guimarães Adelaide Joao Alexandre Brandão de Melo
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Drama
Portugal
1963
94 Minutes
Director
Nicolau Nunes Da Silva
Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, since and according to a 16th text.
Comedy, Drama
France|Portugal
2001
90 Minutes
Director
Michel Piccoli Antoine Chappey Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Leonor Baldaque Leonor Silveira
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The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
Drama
Portugal
2005
137 Minutes
Director
Leonor Silveira Ricardo Trêpa Luís Miguel Cintra Leonor Baldaque Glória de Matos Isabel Ruth Adelaide Teixeira Diogo Doria José Wallenstein
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin ... See full summary »
Drama
Portugal|France
2006
72 Minutes
Director
Michel Piccoli Bulle Ogier Ricardo Trêpa Leonor Baldaque Júlia Buisel
38 years after their last encounter, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine in a concert. He follows her and sadistically takes out a slow and painful revenge.
Drama
France|Portugal
2012
95 Minutes
Director
Claudia Cardinale Jeanne Moreau Michael Lonsdale Ricardo Trêpa Leonor Silveira Luís Miguel Cintra Bastien Guio
Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son.
Drama
Portugal|France
1995
90 Minutes
Director
Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Luís Miguel Cintra Leonor Silveira Duarte de Almeida Heloisa Miranda Gilberto Goncalves
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The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: ... See full summary »
Drama
Netherlands|India
1996
95 Minutes
Director
Michel Piccoli Irene Papas Leonor Silveira Rogério Samora Sofia Alves
India's Project X type of film.