Manuela de Freitas Movies

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

A young woman, working as sales-girl at a shopping center's music shop, wants someone with whom to share her secrets. A distant mother separating from...

The film is set in Lisbon, and tells the story of a day in the life of Rita and Paulo, a Portuguese young couple of the 90's. The fast changing city a...

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Set i...

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 sto...

An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.

Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and practically live...

North of Italy, the von Kettens dispute the forces of the Episcopate of Trent. Herr Ketten seeks marriage in a distant country, Portugal. After their...

Director Jorge Silva Melo has developed a viable, though highly intellectual mystery story about the world of art and culture and murder in this somew...

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

Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracte...

A newspaper reporter comes across a man and woman arguing on the beach, and after obligingly driving the woman around when she seeks him out, he takes...

Manuel Teixeira Gomes the Portuguese President who left everything behind with only one premise: become who he really wanted to be