José Manuel Mendes Movies
- 2015
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One72015HD
In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out...
- 2022
Just Retired 2
Just Retired 25.22022HD
Marilou and Philippe decide to show their grandchildren their new holiday home in Portugal. But once there, they discover to their horror that the...
- 2008
Heiko
Heiko6.32008HD
A 70-year-old man is in a relationship with a young man named Heiko. It is a fetishist relationship taken to extreme exoticism.
- 2020
The Last Bath
The Last Bath5.42020HD
A nun is called upon to adopt her 15-year-old nephew, and as a consequence religious, familial and sensual love become entangled.
- 2021
The Metamorphosis of Birds
The Metamorphosis of Birds6.62021HD
Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother,...
- 2010
Mysteries of Lisbon
Mysteries of Lisbon72010HD
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a...
- 2010
The Strange Case of Angelica
The Strange Case of Angelica6.52010HD
A photographer, Isaac is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter Angélica. When he looks at her through...
- 1988
The Cannibals
The Cannibals6.81988HD
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of...
- 2000
Love Torn in a Dream
Love Torn in a Dream7.52000HD
A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of the...
- 1993
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé01993HD
Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing....
- 2002
The Uncertainty Principle
The Uncertainty Principle4.92002HD
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
- 2016
An Outpost of Progress
An Outpost of Progress6.32016HD
At the end of the nineteenth century, two inexperienced Portuguese colonizers, with a vague intention of civilizing the colonies, disembark in a...
- 1992
No Dia dos Meus Anos
No Dia dos Meus Anos5.51992HD
This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.
- 2004
The Fifth Empire
The Fifth Empire62004HD
Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make...
- 1999
A Hora da Liberdade
A Hora da Liberdade4.21999HD
Based on the events which took place the night of April 24th, 1999 in Portugal. This is the story of the Coup d'État which put an end to the...
- 1995
Paraíso Perdido
Paraíso Perdido51995HD
Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets...
- 2022
Índia
Índia6.52022HD
Tiago, a tour guide with a broken heart leads Karen, a grieving and aging Brazilian woman, around a Lisbon of strange suicidal heroes. Tiago lives...
- 1986
A Girl in Summer
A Girl in Summer4.71986HD
It is the end of summer and Isabel is a relationship with Diogo. She don't quite know what she wants from her life going forward as her father gets...
- 2021
Empty Hands
Empty Hands02021HD