António Capelo Movies

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

In the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at...

A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced...

Three homeless teenage rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by...

A tragic-comedy over a dysfunctional Portuguese family. The story of six people who love, hate, split up and meet again - Messias, the husband, a...

This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. ...

The hypochondriac Sebastião and his not so normal family must save the country from the prime minister's plan of selling the country to China,...

Based on the events which took place the night of April 24th, 1999 in Portugal. This is the story of the Coup d'État which put an end to the...

Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat...

The film is liberally inspired by the period when Eça de Queiroz was Portuguese Consul in Cuba, when still a Spanish colony. Eça de...

An act of passion, filmed in a church turned into a bar, on Easter 2003, and starring as many actors as the days of the year… Taking the...

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

Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love...

In a society where the weak are oppressed, Sofia and Michael share their life stories through a wall

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

14th century. Santiago obsessed with a punishing God, on an initiatory trip on his way to Santiago de Compostela, sees his chastity and aptitude put...

Mitó lives in a small village and is the son of the local Comunist Party leader, she is 18 years-old and is about to graduate from the...

A story about two people (Clara and Tó), from different economic backgrounds, who love each other, but whose love is not accepted by everyone,...