Paulo Rocha Movies

Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist...

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

Short film on the creation of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Sever do Vouga.

Situated at the foot of Yellow Mountain, which protected it from the cold offshore winds of winter, and between the rivers Man and Eido, which...

Theatrical dramatization of Island of Loves.

Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira...

Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.

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.

A documentary about a family of goat herders in Portugal and the relationship between man and animals.

Each day, Man must work around the clock to produce and acquire bread: throwing the seeds into earth, helping the breeding of the corn, the corn's...

This film, made as a "twin" of A ilha dos amores, was planned as a poetic documentary on the enigmatic life of Wenceslau de Moraes (1855-1929), the...

The night of the summer solstice. Fireworks resound between the two banks of the river like a bombardment. On the water, boats appear and disappear....

A representation of fiction and documentary about the museum of Óbidos, Portugal.

Mesmerized by the songs of Peroguarda villagers in southern Portugal’s Alentejo region, young Portuguese modern poet Antonio Reis, Corsican...

A play directed by Silvina Pereira and filmed by Paulo Rocha.