Catalogue des films de « Manoel de Oliveira »

The filmmaker returns to his native city and decides to film the city, not through the eyes of a documentarist, but from the standpoint of memory. This is the city of his childhood, that has survived only in souvenirs, witnesses, signs, the lyrics...

In the 1920s, at the end of a theatrical performance, a young dandy notices Suzy, a pretty young woman with whom he falls immediately in love. But she will soon die. To console him, a friend of the young man tells him the story of Fisalina, who...

Poème autour du pont de Gustave Eiffel qui enjambe le Douro.

Asked to contribute to a French television series on views of France through the eyes of foreign directors, Manoel de Oliveira chose Nice and its environs and is surprisingly negative and unconvincing. He notes that gambling is the main source of...

A representation by the populace of The Passion of Christ in accordance with a text from the sixteenth century by Francisco Vaz de Guimarães. The director makes a point of showing the cameras and recorders that record the spectacle to strengthen...

Two boys are out, idly wandering about a swamp-infested region. They are pretending they are hunting, but have no rifles. They go deeper into a forest and lose sight of one another, until one of the boys finds the other again screaming for help,...

The cycle of labor that produces bread, from sowing the seed to milling flour and on to the final product. The filmmaker endeavors to show the role of man at each stage of manufacturing bread, tracing the thread of the history of this staple food...

The City of Porto is depicted through the watercolors by António Cruz and nineteenth century engravings. The painter exits his studio and wanders through the town, pointing out the several landmarks, alternating between real landscapes and the...

This documentary emerged in the period of the transition between the silent era of film and sound cinematography and is an exercise in the possibilities of film expression. It introduces a working town, its bridges, narrow streets, and the ships...