Jorge Silva Melo Movies

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the world...

Director Jorge Silva Melo has developed a viable, though highly intellectual mystery story about the world of art and culture and murder in this...

Ambulatory history, freely inspired by Georg Büchner's biography (1813-37) and the reasons that led him first to political intervention and then...

Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos (1931-2008), engraver, painter, is one of the great artists of the 20th century. His world is the crepuscular world of the...

Redheaded twins Armando and Beatriz always dreamed of being firefighters but during a rainy, uneventful winter they find themselves spending less...

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.

Documentary about the work of the painter Nikias Skapinakis from the exhibition “Imaginary Bedrooms” which in June 2006 opened at the...

The film of a performance of a selection of cabaret comedy sketches by Karl Valentin, with Jorge Silva Melo as stage director. The show was a...

José de Guimarães's artistic life changed when he went to Africa in 1967 on military service. A revisit to his past.

Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s...

The subtle story of a man and a woman, with their respective families and situations, which, after some time, coincide by chance.

Fernando Lemos, a creator who stood out for photographing actors, artists and writers in Portugal from the 1940s and 1950s.

A documentary about Gravura, the Portuguese cooperative founded in Lisbon in 1956.

Summer of 1964. The professor Carlos and the couple Dário and Alda spend time together in the beach during vacations. Away from the colonial...

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

A theatre having national as part of its name, at the top of a square, reflecting a country’s history. But which one? This is a voyage through...

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

In an old house, around a table, under a lamp, four men play a game of cards. This house is a haven where all failures are accepted, where all are...

Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.