Manoel de Oliveira Movies

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) ... ...

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The Strange Case of Angelica

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 »

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Aniki Bobo

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 »

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Benilde or the Virgin Mother

Raised in seclusion, a young woman claims her unborn child was conceived through an angel.

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Porto of My Childhood

The city of Porto viewed by the intimate eye of Manoel de Oliveira.

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Francisca

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

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Acto de Primavera

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

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I'm Going Home

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.

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Magic Mirror

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 »

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Belle Toujours

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.

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Gebo and the Shadow

Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son.

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The Convent

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 »

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Party

India's Project X type of film.

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