Paulo Branco Movie Trailers

Treasure Island Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

Jim is a small child who lives in an inn run by his parents. The arrival of a strange captain to the Island they live will trouble his existence and tip him into an universe of adventures.

Twist of Fate Trailer (2009)

12 November 2009

Carlos is a famous journalist at the age of 55. His wife, Ada, is the opposite of her husband, a woman with a very active social life, and she is happy and seductive.

A Few Days in September Trailer (2006)

06 September 2006

1 September 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears.

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975 (most part of the land occupations occurred in Alentejo, promoted by the communist party).

The Insomniac on the Bridge Trailer (1985)

02 October 1985

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur.

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.

I Am Dina Trailer (2002)

08 March 2002

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death.

Love Songs Trailer (2007)

23 May 2007

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice.

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.

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.

Moral Order Trailer (2020)

10 September 2020

In 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural and family luxury in which she lives to escape with a petty chauffeur, 26 years younger.

Inquietude Trailer (1998)

19 May 1998

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro play, two famous doctors, an 80-year-old father, and his 60-year-old son, contemplate senility and death.

O Capacete Dourado Trailer (2007)

19 September 2007

The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing cars.

Crystal Book Trailer (1994)

11 November 1994

This European thriller, set in Sri Lanka, attempts to expound upon the philosophical implications of life, death, and memory.

Em Volta Trailer (2002)

10 June 2002

Vicente goes to Egypt to cover some news for his newspaper, but then he decides to take the investigation further, along the Tropic of Cancer, further and further away (in time and space) from home, and his difficult love life.

The Galíndez File Trailer (2003)

26 September 2003

On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappears from his apartment in New York, never heard from again.

Fragile as the World Trailer (2001)

20 July 2001

An impossible love. Two young people who love each other. Vera and João can’t find in this life the space, time, or identity to resolve their love story.

Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver) Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Based on the letters of a fictitious poetess to her lover. Duras reads extracts from the letters, about the poetess’s Jewish past, while the film shows stark waves beating against the seashore.

Devil Fish Trailer (1984)

07 September 1984

A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.

Memórias do Cárcere Trailer (2026)

24 September 2026

Accused of adultery, Ana Augusta Plácido and Camilo Castelo Branco were imprisoned for more than a year in the Porto Prison, she in June 1860, he in October of the same year, after an adventurous escape from justice through the lands of the North.

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.

I Could Read the Sky Trailer (1999)

03 September 1999

The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his first love, emigrating to England, searching for his brother Joe, who disappeared after he emigrated several years previously.

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 Young One Trailer (2016)

07 September 2016

Zico has a thirst for elsewhere. He embarks on a cargo shop in Le Havre. Soon, tensions with the rest of the crew and repeated damages undermine his dreams of adventures.

Four Nights with Anna Trailer (2008)

17 July 2008

Leon falls in love with a nurse and obsessively tries to get close to her.

The Uncertainty Principle Trailer (2002)

17 May 2002

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

The Man Who Lost His Shadow Trailer (1992)

15 January 1992

Paul has left his wife and children. Now his wife and ex-mistress is on the hunt for him.

Imago Trailer (2001)

31 October 2001

Recently the victim of a car accident, Paul, a teacher, is no longer the same man. He no longer shows any interest in his environment and, even more worryingly, he seems to have become impervious to all feelings, all emotions.

Trance Trailer (2006)

05 October 2006

Sonia, a girl from St. Petersburg, decides to seek a better life in Western Europe. She first gets a job at a car dealer in Germany.

Ossos Trailer (1997)

14 November 1997

After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.

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.

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter Trailer (2011)

07 April 2011

Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.

Citizens of Cosmopolis Trailer (2012)

25 September 2012

An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.

Deux Trailer (2002)

13 November 2002

After reading a postcard that her mother let go in the wind, a woman learns that she has a twin.

In a Memory of a Film Gone By Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

A film about the creation of director Šarūnas Bartas's feature film and the mysterious atmosphere of the filming location.

Very Well, Thank You Trailer (2007)

25 April 2007

The tough lives of two ordinary individuals: Alex, an accountant and his wife Béatrice, a taxi driver.

In Paris Trailer (2006)

04 October 2006

After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself.

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.

O senso dos desatinados Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

An adaptation of "The dream of François Villon" by Antonio Tabucchi

Night Shift Trailer (2017)

05 July 2017

With no career expectations, a temperamental young woman gave in to a job as a maid in a hotel. Makes the beds, replaces the towels, replaces the soaps.

Casa de Lava Trailer (1995)

10 February 1995

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde.

Eyes Find Eyes Trailer (2011)

08 June 2011

Trapped in a dirty double deal, Ernst Ipsum, celebrated art authenticator, is in trouble. With nowhere to turn but inward, Ernst becomes the perfect portrait of anguish.

Genealogies of a Crime Trailer (1997)

04 May 1997

An attorney defends a young man on trial for killing his aunt — a psychiatrist who took him in to study possible homicidal tendencies.

Cheaters Trailer (1984)

08 February 1984

Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino.

Our Paradise Trailer (2011)

28 September 2011

Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home.

The Spousals of God Trailer (1999)

15 October 1999

After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.

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.

Les Infortunes de la beauté Trailer (1999)

11 August 1999

This romantic comedy from France explores the misadventures of several friends looking for love and trying to define beauty.

Requiem Trailer (1998)

03 June 1998

In Lisbon, French author Paul meets various people from his past who uncover forgotten memories.

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.

Doc's Kingdom Trailer (1988)

09 September 1988

An angry young man goes to Europe to find his father, a '60s radical turned doctor in exile.

Guardian of the Night Trailer (1986)

16 April 1986

With an off-beat sense of humor to match its erratic central character, this original comedy-drama features Jean-Philippe Ecoffey as Yves, a young man who works as a cop at night.

Vanishing Point Trailer (1984)

17 May 1984

An island retreat. A man, his face bandaged, plays cards nonchalantly. His ex-wife arrives. Conversations happen.

In Search of the Equator Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A film about two young women, trying to decide how to go on with their lives and loves: Marie just dumped her boyfriend, who's married and can see her just secretly twice a week.

This Is My Body Trailer (2001)

29 August 2001

Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial director’s film.

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.

The Boatman Trailer (2026)

09 April 2026

Joaquim is released early from prison after sixteen years. Hiding it from his family, he takes on a dangerous job as a boatman ferrying illegal clam-pickers out into the river as a way to buy his daughter the piano he once promised her.

Wimbledon Stage Trailer (2002)

13 February 2002

The story is about a woman who is going to Trieste (a city in Italy) to search for informations about a writer who has never written.

Maine-Ocean Express Trailer (1986)