Hugo Leitão Movies

In Rio de Janeiro, people from the Mangueira neighbourhood follow the television broadcast on a big screen as the juries vote on each samba school....

A woman's frustrations boil to the surface while hosting a party for her friends, culminating in a public freakout that turns into collective...

“There must be a different solution than the one from hell’. Full unadulterated terror (and music). 'The best class always ends with a...

1979. Flicking through pictures from a Soviet magazine, 15-year-old Martim dreams of building a new society. His radical communist parents send him...

In 1970, a man is tortured and murdered by the regime's secret police. Now nearly 40 years later, his friend, who had also been tortured, recognizes...

“Sacavém” is a journey through Pedro Costa’s films and focused on his work on “Down to Earth”,...

On a summer's day, a mother, daughter and granddaughter's care-free day trip comes to an abrupt end. Beautiful and restrained.

A plot that surrounds police officers, politicians and consultants who crudely demonstrate the lines apparently hidden of the political system and...

After the Carnation Revolution the peasants in the Alentejo region occupied the huge proprieties where they were once submitted to the power of their...

After finishing his MA in Anthropology, Hugo spends his days giving his brain a rest from the endless reading of texts by unknown authors. His only...

While observing others, Paula is also, herself, observed. ' Know the difference between an old maid and a spinster? The old maid does not have a...

Good girl Ana learns a lesson in selfishness when her generous nature is put to the test by an old friend.

It's summer in Lisbon and Nicolau is an undecided boy. Among his doubts about the university course to follow and what kind of girl to choose for his...

A reflection on this generation’s sexual and existential disorientation.

Images from my family archive remind me of a text by Borges. Little by little, I transform Averroes into my grandfather, my grandfather into Borges...

In 1970, Léopold Senghor – President of Independent Senegal – wants to create a “Senegalese” architecture... and...

A surreal dark comedy about euthanasia.

The world is not enough to cover all the misfortunes that afflict Lucas. An orphan, a loner and a troublemaker, Lucas is a moving target for all...

The quiet life of a serial killer in Lisbon is disrupted when an unusual incident suddenly turns him into a social media star.