Leonardo Simões Movies

After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde...

In three different time periods, we follow the relationship between three friends — Sara, Manuel and João — whom life has...

Five workers on an assembly line at a large company based in an airport challenge the impossibility of changing the social division of labor, carried...

Maria João lives isolated with her father. Fearing she will catch the disease carried by the wind that killed her mother, the father does not...

An adaptation of the 1907 political novel of the same title by Joseph Conrad set in Portugal during the so-called "Hot Summer" of 1975,...

Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film...

It’s Autumn. A young woman and an older man travel by train to Douro, looking for a light phenomenon. They wait during the day but it’s...

There is a long night when Hugo, a civil servant, is sitting on the stairs of the Ministry where he works. He can’t face going home. The images...

A documentary that portrays not only the poet and painter Mario Cesariny but as well his life, his journey and his individuality.

Victor is a poor and submissive man who serves his general and the palace of an aristocratic family. Haunted by the red lips of his beloved Maria, he...

The life of a couple flickers between February 14th and April 1st of the same year.

An elementary school class without a teacher, a contract signing with a giant football club and a new year's eve party. Three tales tinged with...

Ariel de Bigault's work has been connected to the routes of the Lusophone World. In Fantasmas do Império we are guided by the saotomean actor...

During their vacation in Morocco, David suggests to Laura that they visit Vasco, an old friend of his. Laura objects, but David eventually convinces...

A Lisbon night is traversed by the intensity of René, a precarious young Brazilian who has anchored in town, immersed in personal and...

A couple looks to mend their relationship and build a new home in the Azores.

The Mesa da Unidade Popular (People's Unity Table) was part of the furniture that, in the post-independence period, the Mozambican state intended to...

Dorota is a woman of faith. Every day she strictly follows her intense routine of dedication to her Lord - which is somewhat unusual. One day,...

17th century. Twelve years after setting sail on a sea voyage, Adriano — presumed dead — returns to Marta’s coastal home in an...