Paulo Rocha Movies

Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.

'A Távola de Rocha' enables us to enter Paulo Rocha’s universe, to gather memories and find, within his personal and professional...

In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to...

A young woman, working as sales-girl at a shopping center's music shop, wants someone with whom to share her secrets. A distant mother separating...

A documentary about a family of goat herders in Portugal and the relationship between man and animals.

A representation of fiction and documentary about the museum of Óbidos, Portugal.

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.

The night of the summer solstice. Fireworks resound between the two banks of the river like a bombardment. On the water, boats appear and disappear....

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...

Each day, Man must work around the clock to produce and acquire bread: throwing the seeds into earth, helping the breeding of the corn, the corn's...

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

Situated at the foot of Yellow Mountain, which protected it from the cold offshore winds of winter, and between the rivers Man and Eido, which...

Short film on the creation of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Sever do Vouga.

Mesmerized by the songs of Peroguarda villagers in southern Portugal’s Alentejo region, young Portuguese modern poet Antonio Reis, Corsican...

A play directed by Silvina Pereira and filmed by Paulo Rocha.