João Rui Guerra da Mata Movies
- 2005

Two Drifters
Two Drifters6.1382005HD
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman named Odete descends into madness and claims to be pregnant with the child of her neighbour Pedro, who...
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- 2000

O Fantasma
O Fantasma6.22000HD
Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex...
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- 2022

Will-o'-the-Wisp
Will-o'-the-Wisp5.882022HD
On his deathbed, His Majesty Alfredo, King without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories from the time when he dreamt of becoming a...
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- 1997

Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!4.3891997HD
Chico wakes up on his 30th birthday to the sound of his girlfriend singing “Happy Birthday” to him on his answering machine. When...
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- 2011

A Portuguese Film
A Portuguese Film02011HD
A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.
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- 2025

13 Alfinetes
13 Alfinetes02025HD
Miracles still happen—or so they say… What is the place of the sacred in the contemporary world? Looking again at a myth that haunts...
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- 2016

The Ornithologist
The Ornithologist6.1242016HD
Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style...
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- 2015

L'oiseau de la nuit
L'oiseau de la nuit02015HD
Mysterious portrait of Fernando, aka Deborah Krystal, the glittering and poetic performer of the Lisbon club Finalmente, where he has been performing...
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- 2015

IEC Long
IEC Long5.22015HD
The word panchão was first heard in Macao. From the Chinese pan-tcheong or pau-tcheong, dictionaries define it as a Macanese regionalism also...
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- 2011

Side Effects
Side Effects72011HD
Side Effects is the story of a woman who's not afraid to believe that happiness is not only possible but the only truth to be achieved. A woman who...
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- 2004

The Girl in the Mirror
The Girl in the Mirror02004HD
A place where putting red lipstick gives life and a broadcast camera takes it, reclaiming lost girls in endoscopic romances into darkness, where they...
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- 1996

Haircut
Haircut5.21996HD
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...
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- 2007

China, China
China, China72007HD
China walks towards the Lisbon district of Martim Moniz. In its wake, the children shout: China! China! China will leave at dawn, will fly away. Just...
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- 2012

Morning of Saint Anthony's Day
Morning of Saint Anthony's Day6.62012HD
Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony’s Day (the national holiday of Lisbon’s patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil...
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- 2009

To Die Like a Man
To Die Like a Man5.62009HD
A transgender woman attempts to rehabilitate her younger, drug-addicted boyfriend while also dealing with her ne’er-do-well son, a soldier...
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- 2013

Mahjong
Mahjong4.82013HD
Varziela, Vila do Conde, the biggest Chinatown in Portugal. A man wearing a hat and a missing woman. A high-heeled shoe, a blond wig and a Chinese...
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- 2021

A Room in Town
A Room in Town02021HD
A game of references and a tribute to director Jacques Demy. It’s also an opportunity for the two directors to recall Demy’s A Room in...
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- 2013

The Last Time I Saw Macao
The Last Time I Saw Macao6.32013HD
A filmmaker returns to Macao, China, to help a friend who is in trouble.
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- 2015

Here in Lisbon
Here in Lisbon52015HD
Welcome to Lisbon: there are mermaids by the Tagus and birds flying over the old city; there are mad scientists and singing fish; lost tourist guides...
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- 2022

Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After
Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After7.52022HD
From our window one can see a set of the film The Green Years, directed by Paulo Rocha in 1963. This was our starting point: guided by Rocha's gaze,...
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