Zé Bernardino

A Fronteira Azul

A clandestine vessel sinks off the coast of a small port town on the Andalusian coast without disturbing the routine. The civil guards sort out the castaways as they do every day, the tourists take advantage of the fine weather to go sailing and to the funfair, and the night trucks head north. The shipwrecked, hallucinated, discover the concrete floor of a Europe that doesn't see them.

Primeira Obra

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 reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.

Becoming Male in the Middle Ages

Mirene and André are a heterosexual couple struggling with infertility issues. Carl and Vicente are a homosexual couple undergoing an experimental procedure in order to have a biological child.

Adeus Senhor António

Film adaptation of "The letter from the hunchback to the locksmith" by Fernando Pessoa's heteronym Maria José.

Fatima

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

Farewell

Three friends are at the beach. It is the last day of summer the moon is rising. One of them decides to hold his breath until the moon appears completely in the horizon.

Law of Gravity

Two characters of a portuguese film question their brief existence.