Movies: Real Ficcao
- 2020
Adeus Senhor António (2020)
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Film adaptation of "The letter from the hunchback to the locksmith" by Fernando Pessoa's heteronym Maria José....
- 2023
Primeira Obra (2023)
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Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the realit...
- 2021
Os Fotocines (2021)
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In 'Os Fotocines', an intimate portrait of the war is built with those who lived it. This documentary feature film aims to investigate who were those, that in the Portuguese colonial war, lived with the simultaneous responsibility of fighting, defend...
- 2006
Ensaio Sobre o Teatro (2006)
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This documentary shows a peculiar vision about theatre in general and O Bando in particular, on the bases of João Brites' directing the showcase of “ENSAIO SOBRE A CEGUEIRA” (essay on blindness), written by José Saramago....
- 2014
Guerra ou Paz (2014)
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100,000 Portuguese young men left for war in the countrie's former colonies. In the same period, 100,000 fled the country so as to not be part of that war. What was the former's role in shaping Portugal?...
- 2018
How Many Times Have You Dreamt About Me? (2018)
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Departing from extracts written by Fernando Pessoa, the characters walk through the city of Lisbon, having the streets and houses where the Poet lived as the background....
- 2004
Se Podes Olhar Vê. Se Podes Ver Repara (2004)
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How would you react if you couldn't see? In rehearsing the theatrical adaptation of "Blindness", by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, the company "O Bando" made the experience. The actors lived 24 hours blindfolded in an abandoned hospital. How would...
- 2017
From Coal to Waste - The Return to São Pedro da Cova (2017)
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40 years later, Rui Simões returns to São Pedro da Cova to exhibit the photographs he took during the directing of São Pedro da Cova's films. From this reencounter a new message to the centralised powers: now it's toxic waste that is threatening peop...
- 2017
The House (2017)
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Built in the New State to control the overseas students, the House of the Students of the Empire, situated in Lisbon with delegations in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental in the fight for independence of the Portuguese colonies. Future leaders of th...
- 2011
Warriors (2011)
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50 years after its beginning, it's still a delicate and hermetic subject today, based on an exclusively male speech, as if veterans were war's only owners and victims. When a country is at war though, is there anybody left out? Warriors is a generat...
- 2005
My Mirrors (2005)
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Júlia is a 16 year old teenager. A sudden emergency hospital commitment helps her realize, although reluctent, that she suffers from a serious desease: nervous anorexy. Her recovery is slow, but she can count on the support from both her friend, pare...
- 2018
Teus olhos castanhos de encantos tamanhos (2018)
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The story of a homeless man and his journey....
- 2012
In Honour of St. Gualter (2012)
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Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this franciscan friar started to rise and in 1577 the brotherhood of S. Gualter is created. The Gualterianas are celebrated since 1906, the new way of celebratio...
- 2014
Between the Scenes (2014)
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A documentary filmed during the shooting of Os Maias - (Alguns) episódios da vida romântica, the cinematic adaptation directed by João Botelho of the homonymous novel by Eça de Queirós. Following the cast in and out of scenes of the period film In-Be...
- 2018
Arte de Peregrinar (2018)
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- 2010
Lisboa Domiciliária (2010)
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Documentary about the old people living in the highest floors of old buildings with no lifts, in Lisbon....
- 2012
Kolá San Jon é Festa di Kau Berdi (2012)
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This documentary follows a group of habitants from Cova da Moura neighborhood into a journey to Cape Verde, to celebrate St. John festivities. Recovering the rituals and rhythms of these festivities, the cape verdean people living in that neighborhoo...
- 2021
No País de Alice (2021)
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With this trip, an intergenerational sharing begins: with Portugal present as a backdrop, the director and a little daughter wander as if in question, trying to understand the country of today....
- 2009
Ruas da Amargura (2009)
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The paths of pain are populated by men and women of all ages, suffering from lack of affection, lack of money, mental problems, alcoholism and drug addiction, or they are simply people who have come to Portugal in search of a life that is a little be...
- 2018
Imensa Saudade (2018)
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Documentary by Rui Simões, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of Expo 98, one of the biggest exhibitions that Portugal hosted...