João Reis

Could Have Waited For August (2024)

Xavier, a village boy, falls for Laura, neighbor's granddaughter who visits her grandfather annually. Despite flirting at summer dances, Xavier believes he has no chance with her. ...

Terra Nova (2021)

Inspired by Bernardo Santareno's "The Lugger" and "In the Seas of the End of the World", this is the story of a captain of a codfish lugger, fishing in the banks of the Newfoundland who decide to risk sailing to Greenland in search of more fish. Along the ...

Snu (2019)

The story about the romance of Snu Abecassis and the former Portuguese prime minister Sá Carneiro. ...

Marias da Sé (2018)

A typical day in Porto's Cathedral, between tourists and the local community. A peculiar group of women grabs our attention... ...

O Segredo das Pedras Vivas (2016)

In an isolated village of the Alentejo region, a conflict arises. José Vitorino, one of the landowners of the region, rich in prehistoric monuments, wants to build a luxurious solarium in lands filled with ancient rocks, places of devotion and sacred ritu ...

Triple A (2015)

A mockumentary with an actual documentary inside, tells the unusual story of Artist António André's (Triple A). With Arcos de Valdevez, a portuguese northern village, as background, it questions the relevance of art in our time. ...

Filtros (2015)

Short Portuguese film about history. ...

Olhos Pretos, Cabelo Azul (2012)

A Woman's Revenge (2012)

Roberto is one of those men to whom simulation has become the greatest art. He is an unmoved, inscrutable, mysterious man. But the truth is that Robert feels an intimate, deep tedium. The boredom of those who have already exhausted all the pleasures of lif ...

Em Câmara Lenta (2012)

Salvador knew Contança and Santiago. He did not know, but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constance did not know Laurence. Only Santiago knew Laurence, Constança and Salvador. ...

Noite de Paz (2011)

Luís hates Christmas. In the hospital where she is a doctor, she always offers herself to work for 24 hours in the emergency room on the 24th and 25th of December. When everything gets ready to be another bitter and solitary Christmas, a homeless is taken ...

Under My Skin (2011)

On a day like any other, a woman leaves work and heads to a party in the outskirts of Lisbon. On her way there she sees a man ready to jump off a bridge. She stops the car and approaches the man, trying to save him. ...

The Conquest of Faro (2005)

Arriving in a hotel in the city of Faro, a couple learns there are no available tables left. When another couple agrees to share a table, they spark a conversation on the city's history, unfolding the tales of King Afonso III, who betrays his wife, and of ...

In the Darkness of the Night (2004)

A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution. ...

The Fifth Empire (2004)

Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make Portugal the world's Fifth Empire. ...

Portugal S.A. (2004)

The story of the CEO of a recently privatized company. ...

8 8 (2001)

A 14-year-old kid, addicted to videogames, goes with his parents to a shopping mall and separates from them to go to a game store called UTOPYA. He doesn't come back. His parents get in despair, and his father tries everything he can to bring him back. ...

Camarate (2001)

In 1980, a small plane carrying the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and six others crashed during takeoff in Camarate, Portugal, killing all on board. The police investigation decided it was an accident caused by pilot error. But controversy raged for ...

April Captains (2000)

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it. ...

Black Shoes (1998)

In today's Alentejo, a story of love and death based in a real criminal case. ...

Manual of Evasion LX94 (1994)

"Manual of Evasion LX94" is a thought-provoking Dadaist film about time by the Portuguese director Edgar Pêra. It was shot in Lisbon in 1994 and stars Terence McKenna, Robert Anton Wilson and Rudy Rucker. Time is explored from many unusual angles, while P ...

Eléctricos (1994)