João Matos Silva

Caminhos da Liberdade

José Nascimento, Álvaro Guerra

Documentary about the Portuguese Revolution of April 25th, 1974 which focuses on events like the siege of the Carmo quarters and the release of the political prisoners at Forte de Caxias.

As Armas e o Povo

Glauber Rocha, Fernando Lopes

Glauber Rocha, Adelino Gomes

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 Portuguese "Carnations Revolution", as that period would be later known.

O Mal-Amado

Fernando Matos Silva

João Mota, Maria do Céu Guerra

The Soares are a bourgeois couple, living in a good neighbourhood of Lisbon, but João, their son, is not integrating well in that pattern. He attends more political meetings than classes at the Faculty of Economy, and gets a job but that's short lived because his female boss makes him her lover. He longs for the coffee shops, and the companions of old, but he doesn't get true love from anyone.

Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte

João Matos Silva

Manuel Cavaco, Maria Emília Correia

Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.

Herculano

João Matos Silva

Centenary of the death of Alexandre Herculano.