Gustavo Sumpta Movies

The way in which we cross, one time only, the space of a public swimming pool reminds us of life, from birth until the end.

Maria spends her days working in her family’s noisy metal factory. While being oppressed by male violence, she is also responsible for caring...

A father's journey to save his son.

In the mid-20th century, a troubled relationship between Germana, a young writer, and Quina, her aunt who lives in the northern Portuguese...

Two men talk about a cat.

Through an acting game, the director's parents become movie stars to talk about the cancer they both overcame and the fear of loss.

In this evocative story told ingeniously with minimal dialogue, men and women from various backgrounds and places each deal with the loss of a loved...

Short film that takes us to a very recent past, that is still the present in some regions of Portugal, talking about love and betrayal, rage and...

One sleepless night, Emília recalls a childhood trauma. Amidst the burning memories, she visits her parents, her sister, Manuel and all the...

While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.

Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth...

A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria...

Ubu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and coward character...

A delirious sci-fi riff on the Arabian Nights' 'Tale of the Hunchback', that submerges us in a technological dystopia reigned by Dalaya.com, a...

It tells the story of Araci, a woman who saw her daughter murdered by ranchers. She emigrates to Mértola with her husband and their...

An old gunman travels the Alentejo in search of revenge, accompanied by the mute daughter of one of his targets.

In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where groups working for independence gradually...

After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde...

A writer immerses himself in his work La muerte del payaso and becomes a hostage of impossible dreams. Between crimes and hallucinations, between the...

A touching and tragic real life story about a group of Portuguese fishermen who get caught in the middle of a storm in the Tejo river (Lisbon) and...