Manuel Nabais

Maria spends her days working in her family’s noisy metal factory. While being oppressed by male violence, she is also responsible for caring for her sister-in-law and niece, both existentially depleted. A revolution starts to boil within her.

In a terrifying Portuguese village, there is a legend. The legend of the wolf child. Desired and born on a full moon night, it all started when a young peasant girl, desperate for a child, asked a creature of the forest for a wish. The desire? A child she could call hers. But the forest creature curses the woman. When grow up, the child will bring teeth and blood to the village. Years pass, the child becomes a man, tormented and persecuted by the villagers, torn between his animalistic nature and a friendship with a young witch. The boy has to find out who, or what, he is. Together, the wolf child and the witch will try to break the curse and find their place in the world. 16 years after "Coisa Ruim", Frederico Serra returns to the legends and traditions of deep Portugal.

In 1974, a group of men lost their lives in what is still called today the Bloodless Revolution of Portugal.

Au Nord du Portugal, deux femmes partagent leur quotidien depuis 60 ans dans une maison qui semble encore habitée par les générations qui les ont précédées. Présent, passé proche et lointain, cohabitent dans cette demeure imprégnée de souvenirs et de fantômes. Alzira, la maîtresse des lieux, s’est consacrée à un mari austère, renonçant à son goût du piano et de la peinture. Beatriz, la domestique, a dédié sa vie à l’entretien du lieu et aux enfants d’Alzira. Elles sont désormais arrivées au soir de leur vie. Beatriz se plaint de son corps fatigué. Alzira, libérée par la mort de son mari, prend pour la première fois une décision qui n’appartient qu’à elle.

Adaptation of Miguel Torga's iconic short stories. An intimate look at a rural community in the 1940s. Each chapter has its own protagonist, whose existence is untouched by modernity or the outside world. Five portraits of humble lives with enormous resistance to suffering - and a capacity for violence that, at times, proves impossible to repress.

A collection of six distinct stories drawn from a rich and extensive body of folklore that narrates Iberian mythology. This epic series weaves a tapestry of myths and tales while tackling fantasy, horror, humor, and drama.