Movies: João Mário Grilo

  • 2002
    A Falha

    A Falha (2002)

    A Falha

    7.52002HD

    Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys" realise that time has accentuated their differences. The atmosphere is tense, the conversation taut and t...

    A Falha
  • 1982
    A Estrangeira

    A Estrangeira (1982)

    A Estrangeira

    01982HD

    The shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced but atmospheric drama featuring Alberto Sordi as Totonno, a low-level, petty criminal anxious to move up a somewhat crooked ladder. Rising to the rank of...

    A Estrangeira
  • 2009
    Two Women

    Two Women (2009)

    Two Women

    3.82009HD

    Joana, 40 years old medical phychiatric, is married to Paul, an executive of a large financial company. Paul hopes that Joana fulfils her role and follows his constant social influences demonstrations. But the marriage is profoundly altered when Móni...

    Two Women
  • 1993
    The End of the World

    The End of the World (1993)

    The End of the World

    5.71993HD

    In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter.....

    The End of the World
  • 2018
    Acts of Cinema

    Acts of Cinema (2018)

    Acts of Cinema

    02018HD

    Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors, actors and technicians....

    Acts of Cinema
  • 2022
    Field of Blood

    Field of Blood (2022)

    Field of Blood

    02022HD

    The character of a novel gains life to torment the author, revisiting and reliving the story of a crime....

    Field of Blood
  • 1990
    The King's Trial

    The King's Trial (1990)

    The King's Trial

    5.81990HD

    At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança, was in possession of the throne and was an insane imbecile. His wife, daughter of the Duke of Nemours and cousin of Loui...

    The King's Trial
  • 1999
    Longe da Vista

    Longe da Vista (1999)

    Longe da Vista

    51999HD

    In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic correspondence with a lonely Portuguese truck-driver living in Boston, convincing him that her tragic li...

    Longe da Vista
  • 2000
    451 Forte

    451 Forte (2000)

    451 Forte

    02000HD

    Zé Alberto and Laura are lovers, and have a clandestine and permanently threatened relationship. Zé Alberto is married to Fernanda, Laura's sister, whose husband is in prison for murder. Fernanda is aware of Laura's relationship with her husband and ...

    451 Forte
  • 1997
    The Eyes of Asia

    The Eyes of Asia (1997)

    The Eyes of Asia

    51997HD

    Nakaura of Julian (Julião Nakaura), a priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of four young ambassadors sent to Rome by the Jesuits in 1538, as proof that Japan had converted to Christianity. Fifty years after the mission, which so fascinated Europea...

    The Eyes of Asia
  • 2012
    A Vossa Casa

    A Vossa Casa (2012)

    A Vossa Casa

    02012HD

    Indefatigable worker and in multiple artistic fronts, the architect Raul Lino (1879-1974) left us a fundamental work for the understanding of the Portuguese ways of being and inhabiting. The film approaches that legacy starting from texts published b...

    A Vossa Casa
  • 1996
    Saramago: Documentos

    Saramago: Documentos (1996)

    Saramago: Documentos

    01996HD

    About the Portuguese author José Saramago, based on a long interview with the writer at his home on the island of Lanzarote, in which he analyzes his work and shares his reflection on some aspects of his personal life....

    Saramago: Documentos
  • 2014
    Viagem aos Confins de um Sítio Onde Nunca Estive

    Viagem aos Confins de um Sítio Onde Nunca Estive (2014)

    Viagem aos Confins de um Sítio Onde Nunca Estive

    02014HD

    “The artist, in his movement towards the ideal, upsets the stability of any one society. Society aspires to achieve stability; the artist aims for infinity. That is the artist’s responsibility and the spiritual sacrifice demanded of him.” Rui Chafes,...

    Viagem aos Confins de um Sítio Onde Nunca Estive
  • 2014
    O Brilho das Cidades - A Rota do Azulejo

    O Brilho das Cidades - A Rota do Azulejo (2014)

    O Brilho das Cidades - A Rota do Azulejo

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    O Brilho das Cidades - A Rota do Azulejo
  • 2016
    A Vossa Terra

    A Vossa Terra (2016)

    A Vossa Terra

    02016HD

    Using texts and landscapes belonging to Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles and to a life of work dedicated to landscape architecture, João Mário Grilo composes this poetic documentary about the evocative power of nature and man....

    A Vossa Terra
  • 2017
    Não Esquecerás

    Não Esquecerás (2017)

    Não Esquecerás

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    Não Esquecerás
  • 2008
    O Tapete Voador

    O Tapete Voador (2008)

    O Tapete Voador

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    O Tapete Voador
  • 2021
    Vieirarpad

    Vieirarpad (2021)

    Vieirarpad

    02021HD

    VIEIRARPAD begun with the correspondence between the couple Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Arpad Szènes, between 1932-1961. The letters and the intimacy of their words are pretext for the exploration of an equally intimate visual journey...

    Vieirarpad
  • 1979
    Maria

    Maria (1979)

    Maria

    01979HD

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    Maria
  • 2017
    Escrita Íntima

    Escrita Íntima (2017)

    Escrita Íntima

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    Escrita Íntima