Rita Durão Movies

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio...

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

João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from...

Artist/writer/director/producer Siegfried follows a street hustler/artist Sansa who makes his way from Paris to Russia using his street smarts. Sansa...

The short life of the Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini is colourfully portrayed, not as a conventional biopic, but as a visual poem which evokes the...

Teresa is a soap-opera actress. Meeting again an old passion brings her back apparently lost memories, leading her to question not only her love life...

Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of...

A Portuguese horror and fantasy anthology.

Portugal, late 1940's. André must leave the country after running away from prison. In Oporto some friends get him a guide, Lambaça, a...

Adaptation of the novel of the same name, by João Ricardo Pedro.

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...

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...

Roberto is one of those men to whom simulation has become the greatest art. He is an unmoved, inscrutable, mysterious man. But the truth is that...

Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long...

The story of a family of bull fighters.

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

A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of the...

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...

Monteiro moved far away from the visual opulence defined by his earlier films with his inspired adaptation of radical Swiss writer Robert...

It's the dawn of April 25, 1974, when Marco, a 25-year old Italian and his Portuguese friend Victor leave Paris on a yellow Citroen 2CV. The goal of...