António Assunção

In this retelling of the story of Hamlet, the young man is a soldier on leave to attend his widowed mother's marriage to his uncle - a marriage which...

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

In Ribatejo, a good-natured friar, to whom people refuse begged food, decides to overcome such selfishness through a ruse: 'With this stone, I am...

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....

Journey of a cod trawler to Newfoundland waters for cod fishing.

Director Christian De Chalonge uses a docudrama-styled approach to tell the lonely story of Portugese workers in France. In hopes of avoiding the...

On a supermarket shelf, a particular alarm clock keeps blaring off-hand, upsetting the staff and the customers. Eventually, it's golden frame...

A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.

Jacques Vauthier, a blind, deaf and mute writer is accused of a crime he quickly confesses to having committed. Jacques refuses to explain himself to...

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.