Manoel de Oliveira Movies
- 2001
I’m Going Home
I’m Going Home6.92001HD
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and...
- 2007
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma5.52007HD
A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired...
- 1972
Past and Present
Past and Present7.11972HD
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...
- 1995
The Convent
The Convent5.51995HD
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the...
- 1975
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Benilde or the Virgin Mother7.21975HD
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy...
- 2002
The Uncertainty Principle
The Uncertainty Principle5.22002HD
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
- 1997
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember7.61997HD
In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious...
- 2012
Invisible World
Invisible World6.12012HD
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
- 2010
The Strange Case of Angelica
The Strange Case of Angelica6.62010HD
A photographer, Isaac is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter Angélica. When he looks at her through...
- 1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
No, or the Vain Glory of Command6.51990HD
Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his...
- 1979
Doomed Love
Doomed Love7.11979HD
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
- 1996
Party
Party6.7781996HD
The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money, and his...
- 1964
The Hunt
The Hunt7.11964HD
Two friends decide to go hunting but without guns, so that no accident will happen. As they stroll and talk, one of them falls into a hole in a...
- 2013
Biette
Biette02013HD
Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.
- 1988
The Cannibals
The Cannibals6.81988HD
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...
- 1981
Francisca
Francisca7.2811981HD
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
- 2009
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl6.1752009HD
On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an eccentric young woman.
- 1998
Anxiety
Anxiety6.41998HD
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro...
- 2001
Porto of My Childhood
Porto of My Childhood6.62001HD
Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
- 1999
The Letter
The Letter61999HD
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without...