Paulo Rocha Movies
- 1982
Island of Loves
Island of Loves6.41982HD
This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married...
- 1964
The Hunt
The Hunt6.8931964HD
Two friends decide to go hunting but without guns, so that no accident will happen. As they stroll and talk, one of them falls into a hole in a...
- 1963
The Green Years
The Green Years6.91963HD
Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident...
- 1994
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista6.51994HD
The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the...
- 1967
Change of Life
Change of Life7.21967HD
After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to...
- 1981
Francisca
Francisca7.5191981HD
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
- 1986
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho01986HD
Ambulatory history, freely inspired by Georg Büchner's biography (1813-37) and the reasons that led him first to political intervention and then...
- 1990
The Sound of the Shaking Earth
The Sound of the Shaking Earth6.21990HD
Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the...
- 1986
The Satin Slipper
The Satin Slipper7.31986HD
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...
- 1987
The Mountains of the Moon
The Mountains of the Moon5.31987HD
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...
- 2004
Vanity
Vanity4.52004HD
Vanitas is the new feature film by veteran Portuguese director Paulo Rocha. With a script by Regina Guimarães, the film brings together...
- 1963
Acto da Primavera
Acto da Primavera5.41963HD
Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.
- 2005
The Conquest of Faro
The Conquest of Faro52005HD
Arriving in a hotel in the city of Faro, a couple learns there are no available tables left. When another couple agrees to share a table, they spark...
- 1984
A Ilha de Moraes
A Ilha de Moraes5.251984HD
This film, made as a "twin" of A ilha dos amores, was planned as a poetic documentary on the enigmatic life of Wenceslau de Moraes (1855-1929), the...
- 1999
The Keeper of Herds
The Keeper of Herds01999HD
A documentary about a family of goat herders in Portugal and the relationship between man and animals.
- 1998
River of Gold
River of Gold6.51998HD
Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat...
- 1993
Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima
Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima01993HD
Theatrical dramatization of Island of Loves.
- 2021
Around Rocha’s Table
Around Rocha’s Table02021HD
'A Távola de Rocha' enables us to enter Paulo Rocha’s universe, to gather memories and find, within his personal and professional...
- 1991
Xavier
Xavier6.41991HD
Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
- 2004
The Swimming Pool
The Swimming Pool02004HD
The way in which we cross, one time only, the space of a public swimming pool reminds us of life, from birth until the end.