João Lagarto Movies

The film presents us with a reflection on the Spanish Civil War in the Portuguese society, At a time when Salazar ruled.

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

Romantic Comedy directed by Hugo Diogo, based on a novel by Pedro Paixão.

Set during the Estado Novo dictatorship, in the night of April 24, Pedro hears that the political police, PIDE, assaulted his house. Fearing of what...

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

Dois Dragões follows a small dog on an adventure in a Chinese restaurant, where its owner (Ana Zanatti) goes to have dinner with her daughter...

Diana is a young woman about to enter adulthood. She lives with her father, Gabriel, a game machine dealer, and Magdalene, the stepmother, alongside...

Neglected by his parents, a portly teenager finds refuge with a gang of young thugs in Lisbon.

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

"The Butterfly in the Cage" is a novel by Luís Filipe Costa adapted to film by the author, it follows the daily lives of several people...

Are the Portuguese afraid of the changes after the Estado Novo dictatorship?

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.

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

S.Ó.S.”, by Bruno Soares, “Céu Aberto ou Espaço Limitado”, by José António Loureiro, and...

An adaptation of two short stories by Passos Coelho, essentially shot in a valley that is a territory threatened by floods, the film is a...