Fernando Lopes Movies

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

This Portuguese drama examines the daily life minutiae and intrigues of two scions of society in the rural village where they live. One is a wealthy...

This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to...

A short film by Fernando Lopes.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

In his childhood haunts, in the village of Várzea dos Amarelos, the filmmaker films peasant life with its seasonal and daily rituals: a...

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the...

Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross...

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

One of the first films that looks at the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes. From the mask called “careto” and the popular...

A making-of of Pina Bausch's ballet piece "Masurca Fogo" (1998), for the EXPO 98, from the first workshop in Lisbon until the avant premiere in...

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

A comedy divided into two episodes. The first tells the story of Agildo, a man obsessed with women, who is caught by his wife in bed with the maid....

He and she don't know each other. They randomly meet at a gas station, while drifting. "Where are we going? Far away. Where is that? Near."

Documentary short film on the city of Évora, Portugal. Usually regarded as the first film of the Portuguese New Wave.

Mike, half Swiss, half American, is a friend of Portuguese director Fernando Lopes. He’s a painter and has been living in Portugal for 30...

"French television came up with the idea of Se Deus Quiser (but they didn't carry it through), which consisted in inviting six European directors to...