
José Leitão de Barros
2021Ala-Arriba!
José Leitão de Barros
Ilídio Rocha Silvestre, Maria Olguim
It focuses on maritime tragedy of the town and a forbidden love between Julha and João Moço, from different fisher castes, in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed and dating without parent's assent was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.
Ala-Arriba!

Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica
José Leitão de Barros
Adelina Abranches, Adelina Fernandes
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town - Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

Maria do Mar
José Leitão de Barros
Rosa Maria, Oliveira Martins
Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat of Nazaré who lost part of his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aunt Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible for this tragedy. A few years later, Maria, Falacha's daughter, falls in love with Manuel, Aurélia's son, which makes the two young people the new Romeo and Juliet. As for Falacha, he succumbs to social pressure and a tragic fate...
Maria of the Sea

Inés de Castro
Manuel Augusto García Viñolas, José Leitão de Barros
Alicia Palacios, António Vilar
In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noblewoman, for political reasons; but the impulsive prince ends up giving in to his love for Inés de Castro, his wife's lady-in-waiting.
Inés de Castro

As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
José Leitão de Barros
Joaquim Almada, Maria Matos
Adaptation of the homonymous novel by Júlio Dantas. Trying to highlight the romantic tone, the ruralism of the picturesque situations and environments, the spirit and characters of 1863 are revived: the characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinguished morals of Pedro and Daniel, the bonhomie of João Semana, finally the disagreements , common sense, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of Minho.
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor

Mal de Espanha
José Leitão de Barros
Beatriz Viana, Joaquim Costa
A Portuguese bourgeois dares to look at a Spanish lady's delicate ankles at the beach, but his wife will have nothing of it. Later, it's him that forbids his daughter from seeing a young man she had met at the same beach.
The Illness from Spain

O Homem dos Olhos Tortos
José Leitão de Barros
Filipe Melo, Alda de Aguiar
The Man with the Crooked Eyes is a unfinished 1918 Portuguese silent film made for Lusitânia Film and directed by José Leitão de Barros, starring Filipe Melo. This was restored and edited together in 2007 using all existing raw footage.
The Man with the Crooked Eyes
