Elso Roque Movies
- 1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
No, or the Vain Glory of Command6.11990HD
Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a...
- 1981
Francisca
Francisca7.51981HD
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
- 1990
1871
18714.81990HD
A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
- 1967
Change of Life
Change of Life7.21967HD
After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to...
- 1982
Island of Loves
Island of Loves6.41982HD
This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married...
- 1975
As Armas e o Povo
As Armas e o Povo7.41975HD
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the...
- 1993
Visit, or Memories and Confessions
Visit, or Memories and Confessions7.51993HD
A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.
- 1989
Blood
Blood6.81989HD
Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never...
- 1978
A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História
A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História5.21978HD
In an imaginary future, Portugal consists of an association of states - North and South - with zones of specific influence. City under vigilance,...
- 2009
An Organization of Dreams
An Organization of Dreams02009HD
A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?
- 1965
Enchanted Isles
Enchanted Isles6.71965HD
A French sailor circa 1850, disembarks in a desert Atlantic island, and discovers a woman who had survived for many years her husband and brother,...
- 1986
The Satin Slipper
The Satin Slipper7.31986HD
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...
- 1975
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Benilde or the Virgin Mother7.11975HD
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy...
- 1973
The Vows
The Vows5.71973HD
The gritty lives of Portuguese villagers are shown in this action drama which shows the interaction between a married couple who have taken an...
- 1998
River of Gold
River of Gold6.51998HD
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...
- 1977
As Ruínas no Interior
As Ruínas no Interior01977HD
During World War II, during a misty morning, near a fishermen's village, four children come across two RAF pilots ejected from a plane that crashed...
- 1982
Ana
Ana6.81982HD
Ana is a young Portuguese girl who lives with her grandmother. Through their relationship, we are witness to the Cycle of Life: Grandmother takes...
- 1967
A metafísica dos chocolates
A metafísica dos chocolates01967HD
- 1967
Alta Velocidade
Alta Velocidade01967HD
An overview of the assemblage and production of motor vehicles in Portugal, including the local representatives of Mercedes, Morris, and...
- 1980
Mudas Mudanças
Mudas Mudanças01980HD
A paralyzed man travels across the city of Porto, finding characters and scenes from popular tales along the way.