João Lagarto Movies

A theft of water, a homicide, a question of honour, a tragedy in the village of Gralhas, Montalegre.

Father António is a priest by vocation, committed and generous, dear people of Vila Daires a quiet village of the north. But Father...

Are the Portuguese afraid of the changes after the Estado Novo dictatorship?

To celebrate the end of another college year, three friends decide to have an adventurous night of summer. But things don't go according to plan.

Vera, a single mother with two small children, is forced to have two jobs to survive after her children's father has disappeared. She works as a...

Rui Sequeira, a former fighter in the Colonial War, resident of a small village of Alentejo, celebrates another anniversary of the Carnation...

In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter..

The difficult reunion between a tough young mother and her neglected daughter provide impetus this gritty, but upbeat French drama. Daisy, a typical...

At gunpoint, a plastic surgeon must operate on a criminal to escape the police. But when the criminal returns for treatment, the doctor plans to take...

Maria a young girl living in Portugal in the late 60's, is left alone by her husband who is taken to the colonial war in Africa on their wedding day....

Egas Moniz, a man marked by perseverance and ambition. Audacious and in dissonance with a country full of “narrow-minded” people, Egas...

In the near future, along the Portuguese coast, a network of ocean and solar power transformers will be installed. With the ecological balance...

Can a turtle, the most pacific animal on earth, start a range of significant events that are going to forever change a couple's life? After dividing...

Four people meet during a train trip up the Douro Valley.

A message of praise to the President concludes a Party assembly, sparking apotheotic applause. In the middle of the crowd inquisitive eyes of the...

About the Portuguese author José Saramago, based on a long interview with the writer at his home on the island of Lanzarote, in which he...

An adaptation of two short stories by Passos Coelho, essentially shot in a valley that is a territory threatened by floods, the film is a...