Rui Poças Movies

Maria is a shellfisherwoman and midwife in a small village in the Illa de Arousa in 1970s Galicia. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee...

A documentary about the actress Glicínia Quartin on her 80th birthday. Her family, the anarcho-syndicalism, readings at his parents' house,...

In a small Portuguese village, a tragedy occurred. An old lady is found dead in her garden, surrounded by snakes, while her 40 year-old daughter,...

A love triangle between two boys and a girl who drift through life from a rugby game, to a pool party, to the beach.

Carlos Oliveira's literary universe is re-enacted in a studio using the writer’s personal objects and manuscripts, and with the help of Luis...

Joana, 40 years old medical phychiatric, is married to Paul, an executive of a large financial company. Paul hopes that Joana fulfils her role and...

GURIA is an astute dramedy about everyday life in a village in western Georgia. This poignant, yet humorous slice of life, brims with charming,...

On the phone in his dark bedroom, a man relives the end of a turbulent affair, while across town, the city burns.

Indefatigable worker and in multiple artistic fronts, the architect Raul Lino (1879-1974) left us a fundamental work for the understanding of the...

One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island"....

Amadeo: a mysteriously restless and indefatigable man as if always sensing brevity of the time he had left. An artist out of definition, whose...

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...

A reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.

Gaston Solnicki plays himself in this cinematic tribute to his friend Hans Hurch.

Four friends meet on a remote estate to create a cinematic re-enactment of three iconic works that embodied the social and artistic revolution of 50...

A family gathers to celebrate Christmas.

Joaquim Bravo (Évora, 1935 - Lisbon, 1990) exhibited for the first time in 1964, inaugurating what would become one of the most decisive...

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,...