Paulo Pinto

Lost in Fuseta: Spur der Schatten (2024)

Inspector Lost has a photographic memory, he recognizes lies and can make complex connections incredibly quickly. But he doesn't yet understand the nuances of communication so well. Now that he is an integral part of the Policia Judicária of Fuseta and hi ...

How Much Does A Body Weigh? (2024)

A girl helps her brothers get rid of the body of a man they murdered by accident. ...

Wheel of Love (2023)

Maks is a die-hard womaniser and a notorious liar. When Anna, an attractive young woman, mistakes him for a handicapped person, Maks does not correct her mistake, hoping she'll be another easy catch. However, Anna has something else in mind – she introdu ...

Ruth (2018)

This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria ...

Der Lissabon-Krimi: Der Tote in der Brandung (2018)

Two years after consorting with the wrong people cost him his job as public prosecutor, Eduardo Silva is a measly defense attorney, who works from his hotel room. Loosing a bit from her fellow-angler uncle, he gives a shot as unpaid apprentice to freshly-g ...

Zeus (2017)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes the Portuguese President who left everything behind with only one premise: become who he really wanted to be ...

Beatriz (2015)

In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz, as the main inspiration to the story. The creative process of the book takes a dangerous path, ultimately compromising the love they feel for each other. ...

The Portrait (2015)

A group of actors interpret the words of Basil, Lord Henry, Dorian Gray, Sibyl Vane and James Vane, from the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Next to them are the Butlers - figures that compose the scenic space, essentially empty. In thi ...

O Teu Sapato (2011)

On its surface, a story about a jealous and insecure man, but it takes us to a reflection about loneliness and despair. ...

Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)

The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure and misfortune in the con ...

Cinerama (2010)

Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading them to kidnappe the company's director in an act of despair. Who is Humberto? What company is that? In which ...

This Night (2009)

Werner Schroeter directed this dark and surreal tale of a man determined to save a lost lover from a grim fate at the hands of a violent mob. The city of Santa Maria is falling into chaos as an armed military faction is poised to take power in a coup d'eta ...

Aljubarrota (2008)

A commission from CIBA - Battle of Aljubarrota Interpretation Center, from the Batalha de Aljubarrota Foundation. ...

Lavado em Lágrimas (2006)

João is a freelance television journalist. When he begins a new story about an old pigeon breeder in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon, João meets Ana, his teenage granddaughter, a mysterious character who is beginning to exercise an irresis ...

A Batalha dos Três Reis (2005)

During their vacation in Morocco, David suggests to Laura that they visit Vasco, an old friend of his. Laura objects, but David eventually convinces her, leading her on a journey of no return, where they will experience an insane game of jealousy and the r ...

Noite Branca (2005)

Crónica Feminina (2002)

Sonia and Branca are two close friends at their thirties's sexual peak, on the verge of their cosmopolitan loneliness. Despite the long relationship that keeps them together, they are so distant, that it's as if they didn't really know each other. ...

Anjo Caído (2001)

A boy lives with his mother and younger sister. One day, his mother disappears with her lover, leaving the two children alone. António, the older brother, takes care of his sister, Maria da Luz. The little girl is about 10 months old. When she starts walk ...

The Heart's Root (2000)

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 politician who is charismatic and unscrupulous. He obsessively pursues Silvia, a mystical and mysterious young ...

Minus 9 (1997)

This short film is based upon a book of tales "Exemplary Crimes" by Max Aub who, in his turn, was inspired by real testimonies that describe crimes straightforwardly. The Testimonies are individual confessions by different persons that have nothing in comm ...