Catalogue des films de « Paulo Menezes »

Beatriz married Henrique on the day of her 21st birthday. Henrique, a naval officer, would spend long periods at sea. Ashore, Beatriz, who learned everything from the verticality of plants, took great care of the roots of their six children. The...

The word "campo" (field) comes from the Latin "capere" (to capture). "Campo de Marte" (The Field of Mars) was in the ancient times Rome’s training arena for war. At the outskirts of Lisbon, "Campo" hosts today Europe’s largest military...

"The whistle man" was a typical character of the Portuguese seaside during the Fascist Portugal. His story has so many versions that he has become a myth: A poor crazy man who lost his baby girl, a professional homeless who lived from the charity...

A path for tourists on their way to the Castle of São Jorge, the Pátio Dom Fradique was once a popular courtyard where around sixty families used to live. Today, ruins of their houses are the unique remains. There, the erased memories of the old...

In June, 1961, around 60 students from the former Portuguese colonies – among them the former presidents of Cape Verde and Mozambique, Pedro Pires and Joaquim Chissano, and the former prime-ministers of Angola and Mozambique, Fernando Van Dunen...