Paulo Rocha Movies
- 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
Francisca7.51981HD
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2013
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal4.52013HD
1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country. Some years later, of all the...
- 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...
- 1993
Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima
Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima01993HD
Theatrical dramatization of Island of Loves.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 1993
On the Edge of the Horizon
On the Edge of the Horizon5.41993HD
Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.
- 1984
A Ilha de Moraes
A Ilha de Moraes5.21984HD
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...
- 1964
The Hunt
The Hunt6.91964HD
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...
- 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...
- 2000
The Heart's Root
The Heart's Root52000HD
Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist...
- 1988
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss5.51988HD
A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.
- 1972
A Pousada das Chagas
A Pousada das Chagas51972HD
A representation of fiction and documentary about the museum of Óbidos, Portugal.