Manoel de Oliveira Movie Trailers
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Portugal Já Faz Automóveis Trailer (1938)
03 February 1938
Reflecting the filmmaker's passion for automobiles, who in his youth participated in car races, the film portrays the attempt to manufacture a new model in the Ford factory in the city of Porto.
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional Trailer (1988)
09 December 1988
An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.
101 Trailer (2012)
06 July 2012
An exploration of the movie "The strange case of Angelica" and an understanding Manoel de Oliveira's cinema.
The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal Trailer (2015)
06 July 2015
On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making films.
Jornal Português (1938-1951) Trailer (2015)
14 December 2015
The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propaganda (SPN/SNI) by the "Portuguese Newsreel Society" (SPAC), under the technical supervision of António Lopes Ribeiro.
Lisbon statues Trailer (1932)
12 December 1932
A look at various statues in the city of Lisbon. This film is incomplete and was distributed against the will of the director.
White Coal Trailer (1932)
31 January 1932
Filmed with the same camera and the film stock remains of Douro, Faina Fluvial, portrays the inauguration of the hydroelectric power plant of Ermal, owned by Manoel de Oliveira's father.
Lisboa Cultural Trailer (1984)
28 September 1984
Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of Portuguese culture.
Guest Trailer (2011)
25 March 2011
Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film.
To Each His Own Cinema Trailer (2007)
31 October 2007
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
The Divine Comedy Trailer (1991)
11 October 1991
In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, Adam, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha e Ivan Karamasov, a Philosopher, a Profet, Santa Teresa d'Avila, reciting the Divine Comedy.
Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra Trailer (1986)
28 January 1986
A documentary following the process of sculpting in stone, from the creation to the final work of art.
Fátima Milagrosa Trailer (1928)
02 January 1928
Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha (Guimarães), but her prayer is not heard - She turns her devotion to the Blessed Virgin directly, and joins the multitude that goes on a pilgrimage to the village where, ten years before, the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to three child sheepherders.
The Convent Trailer (1995)
06 September 1995
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain; not in England.
The Life of Mirrors Trailer (2025)
13 July 2025
The Life of Mirrors is one of the sections of the exhibition Luis Miguel Cintra - Small Theatre of the World.
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember Trailer (1997)
10 September 1997
In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious of a man "of a certain age" looking back.
A Talking Picture Trailer (2003)
31 August 2003
A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean.
Cinématon Trailer (1978)
20 December 1978
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011.
Invisible World Trailer (2013)
07 June 2013
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
Acto da Primavera Trailer (1963)
10 April 1963
Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.
Lisbon Story Trailer (1994)
16 December 1994
Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon.
Rencontre Unique Trailer (2007)
20 May 2007
A special surreal encounter between Nikita Khrouchtchev and the Pope John XXIII.
I’m Going Home Trailer (2001)
13 May 2001
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma Trailer (2007)
06 September 2007
A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese.
Moment Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
Momento marks a second encounter between Manoel de Oliveira and the singer-songwriter Pedro Abrunhosa, whose song of the same name inspired Oliveira’s short film/music video.
The Letter Trailer (1999)
22 September 1999
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love.
No, or the Vain Glory of Command Trailer (1990)
12 October 1990
Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973.
Villa Verdinho - Uma Aldeia Transmontana Trailer (1964)
03 September 1964
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.
My Case Trailer (1986)
25 September 1986
Manoel de Oliveira plays his film in three stages: the first part - a play, the second can be roughly defined as a silent film (with the behind the scenes read excerpts from Beckett works), but in the end the director brilliantly performs the same material of the avant-garde exercise.
Belle Toujours Trailer (2006)
08 September 2006
38 years after the events in the Luis Buñuel classic Belle de Jour, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine one night at a concert.
Famalicão Trailer (1941)
27 January 1941
Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.
The Strange Case of Angelica Trailer (2010)
29 December 2010
A photographer, Isaac, is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter Angélica.
Hitler in Hollywood Trailer (2011)
04 May 2011
A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema.
The Fifth Empire Trailer (2004)
09 September 2004
Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles.
A Century of Energy Trailer (2015)
08 June 2015
Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.
Francisca Trailer (1981)
03 December 1981
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Magic Mirror Trailer (2006)
09 March 2006
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda.
No Tempo do Cinema Trailer (2006)
21 May 2006
A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.
Conversazione a Porto Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís, filmed in December 2005.
Abraham's Valley Trailer (1993)
01 September 1993
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr.
Os Últimos Temporais - Cheias do Tejo Trailer (1937)
01 January 1937
A series of images documenting the floods of the river Tagus. This film has been recovered and made available by the Cinemateca Portuguesa.
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta Trailer (2008)
21 September 2008
Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira filmed in 1965 and exhibited in 2008 in the Venice Film Festival.
The Cannibals Trailer (1988)
10 November 1988
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of style, director Manoel de Oliveira from composer João Paes.
A Song of Lisbon Trailer (1933)
07 November 1933
Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated.
The 15th Stone Trailer (2007)
26 October 2007
Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-years-old then].
Party Trailer (1996)
27 June 1996
The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money, and his enigmatic wife Leonor host a garden party at their villa.
Historic Centre Trailer (2012)
10 November 2012
Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.
The Conversation Is Over Trailer (1982)
13 May 1982
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris).
Miramar, Praia das Rosas Trailer (1938)
22 June 1938
The film exhibited the community and the beach, "how I new and it was shown to me" (Manoel de Oliveira) by the Meneres family, that had a house in Miramar.
Nice - À propos de Jean Vigo Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
Part of a series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Manoel de Oliveira looks at Nice.
The Satin Slipper Trailer (1986)
08 January 1986
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America.
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl Trailer (2009)
30 April 2009
On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an eccentric young woman.
Word and Utopia Trailer (2000)
17 November 2000
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
The Uncertainty Principle Trailer (2002)
17 May 2002
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Agnès Varda: From Here to There Trailer (2011)
01 October 2011
Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.
Bread Trailer (1959)
28 November 1959
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 recolt, transport to the mills – traditional or industrial ones – manipulation of the flour into actual bread, transport to a variety of locations and consumers.
Visit, or Memories and Confessions Trailer (2015)
04 May 2015
A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.