Joaquim de Almeida Movies

Two housewives discuss philosophical themes (actually an updated dialogue between Plato and Socrates) while doing the house work. The husband of one...

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio...

Didi dreams of improving his life and is trying to leave the community (the slum) where he grew up, when he discovers that he is indirectly working...

16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal

After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many...

An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student.

A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfriends, to ethnicity, to religion, to sexual...

Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to...

A desperate writer fights for survival when the Mexican mob involves him in murder.

The son of a Sardinian shepherd, Sebastiano Catte is a gentle and studious young man. At his mother’s urging, who dreams of seeing him become a...

"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar...

The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the...

Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism is on the rise in Europe, like in nearby civil...

Guillermo (Raúl Mérida) is a passionate young college surf casually discovering an old photographic film. In the photographs are...

As he does at the end of every summer, Antonio climbs onto his roof to sweep out his chimney. From this vantage point, he sees that repairs have...

Her deepening affair with a separatist spurs a wealthy Manhattanite to return to the Bronx, where she grew up, and reevaluate her Puerto Rican...

A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is...

Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.

Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the desert in a truck.

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal...