Rui Melo

Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó (2023)

Follows the Bourbon de Linhaça family and their precious Necklace of São Cajó, that's been in the family for over 3500 years and hides secrets, curses and a mythical cod recipe. ...

Além do Sol Posto (2022)

The Sound that Goes Down to Earth (2020)

Maria da Luz waits for her husband who got lost somewhere in Angola during the war. With no news, she finds herself surrounded by families that, like her, desperately long for some kind of hope regarding their loved ones fighting abroad. She takes the matt ...

Quero-te Tanto! (2019)

A romance comedy about a nonconformist couple of young parents who, looking for a solution to their fragile financial situation, is involved in an innocent and crazy scheme. ...

Blood Lines (2018)

Threatened by a fascist plot, the Portuguese government recruits several "special people" to stop the coup. ...

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 ...

Delírio em Las Vedras (2016)

Seven competing reporters are assigned to cover the Carnavael de Torres Vedras in Lisbon. Each of the seven tries to attract as much audience as possible to their broadcast. The situation escalates at a masked ball. ...

Inside Out (2014)

João is a writer who one day wakes up suffering from a bout of selective amnesia: he can't remember that he's gay. So he decides to reject his partner of five years and he plunges into a new, unexpectedly hetero life. But, as the saying goes, it never rai ...

Nzinga, Queen of Angola (2013)

In the 17th century a warrior woman fights for the independence of Angola. After witnessing the murder of her son and watching her people being humiliated by Portuguese colonizers, Njinga will become a Queen and struggle for their liberation embodying the ...

A Viagem do Senhor Ulisses (2012)

The story of an old man who does not settle for being abandoned by his own son in a hospital, venturing with the company of a rebellious teenager in a long and troubled way in search of the family, in which will also find a new life. ...

Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó (2023)

Follows the Bourbon de Linhaça family and their precious Necklace of São Cajó, that's been in the family for over 3500 years and hides secrets, curses and a mythical cod recipe. ...