Manuel Mozos Movies

Four film critics, accompanied by the discreet presence of a director, analyse the origins of their cinephilia.

Bruno Aleixo was invited to write a biopic about his own life. Lacking ideas, he decided to ask his closest friends for inspiration. Reunited in a...

Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of...

Early morning and everybody leaves home to work. Jeremias, the gardener, hears the telephone ringing in the house. The front neighbour has a...

The start of Luís Rovisco’s old age isn’t exactly cheerful. Already in his sixties, he’s still roaming the country by...

X, a film location scout, spend his time travelling from place to place looking for filming locations, at the same time that he's looking for funding...

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.

O que eu vi quando me mostraram a ecografia não acreditei. Dentro do meu útero havia milhares de minúsculos seres, com forma de...

The operational commander of the "Captains Movement", describes and recreates a quarter of century later the crucial 24 hours of April 25, 1974, that...

A documentary about the life and work of José Cardoso Pires. The information was gathered through a series of interviews made by the...

Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.

Lisbon, early 1940s. The neutral port town is an open door to freedom, for those who are escaping the Nazi occupied France and eastern European...

A young French actress in Lisbon to shoot a movie is intrigued by a nun she sees kneeling in the chapel where she is filming.

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

A portrait of the unique personality of Aldina Duarte, a girlish lady, who sings the “fado” out of conviction and love. The film profiles...

Using the author's personal estate, current images of places where she lived or were dear to her, and archival images of television and film; using...

Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara. From Portugal to the South...