Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

A baroque wall fountain in the Portuguese town of Porto, which is called "Chafariz das Virtudes" i.e. "The fountain of virtues". Porto is the very...

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...

A blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the street where he begs every day.

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

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...