João Lagarto Movies

After the passing of one of his friends, João remember's the summer he had with his friends when he was 12 years old.

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes...

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...

This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.

This movie bring us a story about a woman named Laura (Marisa Cruz) that lives in a small portuguese town during the 50's. Tired of living in such a...

Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976. This is the last stop on a journey that begins in colonial Mozambique on new year's eve at...

Jeanne, her second husband, Michel, and her teen daughter Marie live quietly in the South of France. However, Jeanne's secret past comes back to...

The story about the last man to be sentenced to death in Portugal.

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

Bruno Aleixo was invited to write a biopic about his own life. Lacking ideas, he decided to ask his closest friends for inspiration. Reunited in a...

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.

For a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. But dreams are...

The film is inspired by the Mário de Sá-Carneiro short story, where the narration is made by Professor Antena's assistant who walks by...

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,...

Diana was born and raised in the neighborhood of Estrela Polar, lost hers parents when she was a child and leads a band of criminals who negotiates...

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

Shup up in dead-end lives with dreams larger than life, two inseparable friends in their thirties decide to take their fates in hand. Nevertheless, a...

Algarve, late 90s. Following the death of her grandmother, Milene - a strong young woman full of life despite a slight mental handicap - divides her...

Four people meet during a train trip up the Douro Valley.