Rita Durão

The author shows that we can «see» a movie even if there are not images in the screen: you can «see» what happens following the dialogs and the description of the scenes.

João Vuvu, a widower with no family, except for a son who is serving time for dual murder and armed bank robbery, lives alone in his own, large, sunny house that shows signs of wealth in an old neighbourhood of Lisbon

João de Deus receives a suitcase full of money from a Heavenly Messenger, spends it on girls and the good life, only to find real love when he's broke. (imdb)

Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of love and how we must learn to cherish it against all odds in the pursuit of happiness.

At Christmas time, young André tries to make sense of his parents' rocky relationship. At the same time, nobody can figure out what the odd neighbor who always wears a tracksuit is up to, or why he continues to see a light in an abandoned house.

Three chronicles presented as a triptych or as a piece of music in three movements. If the first part is so full that it bursts and scatters its pieces into the empty second part, the third part starts the process all over again. What do these stories have in common?

A compilation of ten short films, based on a Portuguese legend. Ten women found in a cave ten Roman coins. Together, the ten pieces uncovered a secret so important that women have decided to separate them and save them in their families.

David is a scientist on his way to Denmark, with his wife and daughter, but first he has to go back to his native village for the funeral of his grandfather. There he meets the family he had practically lost contact with, is drawn back by memories and by the wild charm of the place, and falls under the spell of his cousin's wife, Ana.

Two weeks before her wedding, Maria is spoiled, hung over, possibly pregnant, and unwilling to exchange her party girl ways for her impending marriage. So, with the objections of her father and the encouragement of her uncle, she leaves on a mission to return a large boat and trailer to her fiancé, who lives in Spain. With the help of Gabriel, she drives a large rig across the Iberian plains, visiting her estranged brother in Cordoba along the way and dallying in sexual hijinks to boot.

Roberto is one of those men to whom the simulation has become the greatest art. A dandy! some will say. A libertine! others will tell. But the truth is that Robert feels an intimate deep tedium. The boredom of those who have already exhausted all the pleasures of life. The only thing still surprising him is the fact that nothing surprises him anymore. Until one evening he has an overwhelming encounter with a woman. (C.R.I.M.)

Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach. (imdb)

The film was inspired by the letters exchanged between two leading Portuguese poets, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and Jorge de Sena, during the exile of the latter (1957-78). Through their poetry and their letters, the film builds a dialogue between longing and belonging, the "desire to fill years of distance with hours of conversation". At the same time, it establishes a correspondence with our own lives fictionalized under the ties and entanglements that hold us together.

A series of encounters between two ex-lovers who still are very fond of each other. - IMDb

A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the face of the harsh realities of the 20th century life.

The young film student Maria do Mar is working on a documentary about the old manor houses along the Douro River. It is the final project in her thesis on “Reality in Cinema”. Maria has an unlimited confidence in what is visible. Her candour and her naivety allow her to see the bright side of life – such as the beauty of the landscape and the authenticity of the place, or what’s left of it.

Sansa is a young man. The camera pursues him, takes a peep at him, tries to catch his face, his look, his cap. The camera gets out of breath running after the man, becoming an observer, a friend into his endless trip. (imdb)