Movies: Manuel Cavaco

  • 2024
    Podia Ter Esperado por Agosto

    Podia Ter Esperado por Agosto (2024)

    Podia Ter Esperado por Agosto

    8.82024HD

    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....

    Podia Ter Esperado por Agosto
  • 2015
    The Courtyard of the Ballads

    The Courtyard of the Ballads (2015)

    The Courtyard of the Ballads

    5.32015HD

    A New age remake of a portguese classic, Pátio das Cantigas shows the lives of a neighbourhood in the Old Lisbon, including their desires, happiness and sadness, always with a good humour....

    The Courtyard of the Ballads
  • 1992
    Goodbye Princess

    Goodbye Princess (1992)

    Goodbye Princess

    81992HD

    Mitó lives in a small village and is the son of the local Comunist Party leader, she is 18 years-old and is about to graduate from the high-school she must attend at Beja - the nearest town. News that she killed her German boyfriend, at 4 a.m. on a d...

    Goodbye Princess
  • 2016
    Mother Knows Best

    Mother Knows Best (2016)

    Mother Knows Best

    7.92016HD

    The family of Ana Luisa meets at home to celebrate her father's birthday. As the guests sit around the table they will share memories of the past, in which all have a common denominator: the late Josefa, Ana Luisa's mother. Hearing the stories, Ana L...

    Mother Knows Best
  • 1987
    Ballad of Dog Beach

    Ballad of Dog Beach (1987)

    Ballad of Dog Beach

    61987HD

    In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection....

    Ballad of Dog Beach
  • 1999
    Fuga

    Fuga (1999)

    Fuga

    01999HD

    Set during the Estado Novo dictatorship, in the night of April 24, Pedro hears that the political police, PIDE, assaulted his house. Fearing of what his fate may be, Pedro runs, looking for a place to hide....

    Fuga
  • 1980
    Manhã Submersa

    Manhã Submersa (1980)

    Manhã Submersa

    5.21980HD

    Estefânia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move her influences in order to make a priest out of him. The pare...

    Manhã Submersa
  • 2023
    Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó

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

    Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó

    72023HD

    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....

    Sunset: The Mystery of the Necklace of São Cajó
  • 1988
    Mensagem

    Mensagem (1988)

    Mensagem

    01988HD

    Based on the work by Fernando Pessoa - a "message" about the destinies of Portugal - not just in isolation but looking at them as precursors and announcers of the fate of the entire planet....

    Mensagem
  • 1984
    Os Abismos da Meia-Noite

    Os Abismos da Meia-Noite (1984)

    Os Abismos da Meia-Noite

    71984HD

    Irene is an agent for an insurance company. She is given the job of investigating the disappearance of an elderly librarian in a provincial town. During her investigations she meets a history teacher - Ricardo - who knew the librarian and is interest...

    Os Abismos da Meia-Noite
  • 2018
    Blood Lines

    Blood Lines (2018)

    Blood Lines

    42018HD

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

    Blood Lines
  • 2016
    O Segredo das Pedras Vivas

    O Segredo das Pedras Vivas (2016)

    O Segredo das Pedras Vivas

    02016HD

    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...

    O Segredo das Pedras Vivas
  • 2022
    The Home Fairy

    The Home Fairy (2022)

    The Home Fairy

    6.42022HD

    Vera, a single mother with two small children, is forced to have two jobs to survive after her children's father has disappeared. She works as a cashier at a supermarket by day and at night works in a strip club, trying not only to raise her children...

    The Home Fairy
  • 1988
    Matar Saudades

    Matar Saudades (1988)

    Matar Saudades

    5.71988HD

    Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his lost village in the northern interior, near the border, from where one day he'd be gone, also from a j...

    Matar Saudades
  • 1981
    Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte

    Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte (1981)

    Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte

    01981HD

    Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary....

    Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte
  • 2022
    Além do Sol Posto

    Além do Sol Posto (2022)

    Além do Sol Posto

    02022HD

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    Além do Sol Posto
  • 1992
    Aqui D'El Rei!

    Aqui D'El Rei! (1992)

    Aqui D'El Rei!

    5.81992HD

    At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty. Mouzinho instantly bec...

    Aqui D'El Rei!
  • 1996
    The Bewitching Braid

    The Bewitching Braid (1996)

    The Bewitching Braid

    01996HD

    Romantic story set in Macau during the 1930s. Rich, Portuguese man falls in love with poor, Chinese girl. Both families disown them and they begin a life together. Rich man now has to work for a living and eats Chinese food exclusively and the relati...

    The Bewitching Braid
  • 1995
    Ao Sul

    Ao Sul (1995)

    Ao Sul

    01995HD

    Twenty years ago, Henrique left Portugal for the peaceful Netherlands. A colonial war veteran, he desperately wanted to get away from his country which still defended a doomed African empire and from his traditional, landowning family. He’s back now....

    Ao Sul
  • 1981
    Guerra do Mirandum

    Guerra do Mirandum (1981)

    Guerra do Mirandum

    01981HD

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    Guerra do Mirandum