João Lagarto Filmes

A writer becomes the main character in the story he intended to write

The elder matriarch of a dysfunctional family is mistankenly declared dead.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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.

In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize 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...

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

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.

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

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...

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

"The Butterfly in the Cage" is a novel by Luís Filipe Costa adapted to film by the author, it follows the daily lives of several people...