José Airosa

Jusqu’à trente ans, tu as la gueule que Dieu t’a donnée. Après, tu as la gueule que tu mérites… Francisco, comporte-toi bien ! Je sais que c’est ton anniversaire, que tu as trente ans maintenant, que c’est le carnaval et que tu t’es déguisé en cow-boy pour la fête de l’école, que tu es entouré de gosses que tu hais… Mais ce n’est pas une raison pour tirer la gueule. Contrôle-toi ! Tu ne vois pas que personne ne te supporte ? Tu te casses la figure, tu vas à l’hôpital, tu as la rubéole et personne pour veiller sur toi… Sept nains seraient bien venus, tout comme dans Blanche Neige…

The story of a man who sees his life change radically upon confronting his progressive loss of memory. As his neurological condition advances, it affects not only his own life but the lives of all those who surround him.

The film presents us with a reflection on the Spanish Civil War in the Portuguese society, At a time when Salazar ruled.

During the war of in-dependency Evita moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís. She slowly discovers how different and disturbing life is in a country of war and when her husband is send on a military mission she starts to fight loneliness. Over time she finds out more about her husband and Mozambique than she would have imagined in her peaceful European home. Racism, violence, injustice and fatalism make life unbearable...

The life of a couple flickers between February 14th and April 1st of the same year.

Le vagabond Jean de Dieu devient un riche oisif séducteur, aux perversions poétiques et raffinées.

In a remote island where mourning was settled, a man decreed that there will never be sex or children anymore... The island gets desolate and he decided to send his daughter, Adriana, to the mainland to form a family by natural methods.

Au Portugal, dans la nuit du 24 au 25 avril 1974, la radio diffuse une chanson interdite : Grândola. Il pourrait s'agir de l'insoumission d'un journaliste rebelle. C'est en fait le signal programmé d'un coup d'État militaire qui changera la face de ce petit pays affligé par des décennies d'archaïsme et le destin d'immenses territoires en Afrique. Au son de la voix du poète José Alfonso, les troupes insurgées prennent les casernes. À 3 heures du matin, elles marchent sur Lisbonne. Peu après le triste putsch militaire au Chili, la Révolution des Œillets se distingue par le caractère aventureux, mais aussi pacifique et lyrique de son déroulement. Ces 24 heures de révolution sont vécues par trois personnages : deux capitaines et une jeune femme, professeur de lettres et journaliste.

One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island". But, as one bad thing never comes alone, the daily lives of the inhabitants of this small mountain village are changed by the death of Adriano. "In order to create, I destroyed myself; I have so much externalized within myself that within me I exist only outwardly. I am the living scene where various actors perform various plays." (from Livro do Desassossego by Fernando Pessoa), as Adriano liked to quote Adriano. He committed suicide on the day of the village feast, hanging himself in the main square. For Adriano, the main square of the village has long been the center of the world. Adriano felt surrounded, depressed, unable to escape his destiny. "No one can stop a man who travels with suicide on his lapel" Adriano repeated to Lisete, always to the point of exhaustion.

This short film is based upon a book of tales "Exemplary Crimes" by Max Aub who, in his turn, was inspired by real testimonies that describe crimes straightforwardly. The Testimonies are individual confessions by different persons that have nothing in common but the fact that all committed murder.

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.

Au XIXe siècle, l'histoire de deux destinées qui se croisent : celle d'un orphelin en quête d'identité généalogique, Pedro da Silva, interne dans un collège religieux ; et celle du Père Dinis, un prêtre, autrefois aristocrate libertin, qui élève Pedro comme son fils. À partir d'un telle rencontre, l'évocation d'un tourbillon de récits, d'aventures et de personnages nous entraîne dans un voyage mouvementé à travers le monde et les années.

Nourished by grief, silence drains the life of a couple who have lost their child. The mother refuses to speak, transforming their home into a place of mourning where memories poison her relationship with her husband.

À la fin de l'histoire de Blanche-Neige que tout le monde connaît, le réalisateur imagine rencontrer les différents protagonistes pour connaître leur point de vue des faits.