Movies: Luís Miguel Cintra

  • 1990
    No, or the Vain Glory of Command

    No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)

    No, or the Vain Glory of Command

    6.21990HD

    Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973....

    No, or the Vain Glory of Command
  • 1995
    The Convent

    The Convent (1995)

    The Convent

    5.51995HD

    The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain; not in England....

    The Convent
  • 1999
    As Bodas de Deus

    As Bodas de Deus (1999)

    As Bodas de Deus

    7.41999HD

    After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice....

    As Bodas de Deus
  • 2000
    April Captains

    April Captains (2000)

    April Captains

    6.52000HD

    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....

    April Captains
  • 2002
    The Dancer Upstairs

    The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

    The Dancer Upstairs

    6.22002HD

    A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader....

    The Dancer Upstairs
  • 1989
    Recollections of the Yellow House

    Recollections of the Yellow House (1989)

    Recollections of the Yellow House

    8.11989HD

    Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront....

    Recollections of the Yellow House
  • 1993
    Abraham's Valley

    Abraham's Valley (1993)

    Abraham's Valley

    7.51993HD

    Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to ...

    Abraham's Valley
  • 2003
    A Talking Picture

    A Talking Picture (2003)

    A Talking Picture

    7.12003HD

    A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter a...

    A Talking Picture
  • 2011
    The world that was (and that is)

    The world that was (and that is) (2011)

    The world that was (and that is)

    02011HD

    The flash of socialism that once lit Spain....

    The world that was (and that is)
  • 1991
    The Divine Comedy

    The Divine Comedy (1991)

    The Divine Comedy

    6.81991HD

    In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lázaro, Marta, Maria, Adão, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha e Ivan Karamasov, a Philosopher, a Profet, Santa Teresa d'Avila, reciting the Divine Comedy....

    The Divine Comedy
  • 2010
    The Strange Case of Angelica

    The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)

    The Strange Case of Angelica

    6.62010HD

    A photographer, Isaac is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter Angélica. When he looks at her through the lens of his camera, she appears to come back to life just for him. He instantly falls in love with her. Fr...

    The Strange Case of Angelica
  • 2009
    Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

    Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)

    Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

    6.22009HD

    On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an eccentric young woman....

    Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
  • 1995
    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava (1995)

    Casa de Lava

    6.91995HD

    The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama....

    Casa de Lava
  • 1999
    The Letter

    The Letter (1999)

    The Letter

    6.01999HD

    A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She k...

    The Letter
  • 1986
    My Case

    My Case (1986)

    My Case

    6.71986HD

    Manoel de Oliveira plays his film in three stages: the first part - a play, the second can be roughly defined as a silent film (with the behind the scenes read excerpts from Beckett works), but in the end the director brilliantly performs the same ma...

    My Case
  • 2007
    Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

    Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (2007)

    Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

    5.52007HD

    A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired by the book "Cristóvão Colon Era Português"....

    Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
  • 1993
    Poor George

    Poor George (1993)

    Poor George

    5.11993HD

    One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However, when he gets home he finds a person there....

    Poor George
  • 2000
    Snow White

    Snow White (2000)

    Snow White

    5.42000HD

    Monteiro moved far away from the visual opulence defined by his earlier films with his inspired adaptation of radical Swiss writer Robert Walser’s anti-fairy tale. Carefully restricting the image track, Monteiro maintains an almost totally black scre...

    Snow White
  • 1988
    The Cannibals

    The Cannibals (1988)

    The Cannibals

    6.81988HD

    This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of style, director Manoel de Oliveira from composer João Paes. Musically, it ranges from 19th-century romanti...

    The Cannibals
  • 1985
    Vertiges

    Vertiges (1985)

    Vertiges

    6.81985HD

    In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company. The conductor for an upcoming performance of the Marriag...

    Vertiges