João Abel Aboim Movies
- 1996
Goodbye, Father
Goodbye, Father71996HD
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...
- 1983
Dina and Django
Dina and Django5.81983HD
Dina (Maria Santiago) is a teenager brought up by her grandmother, employed as a housekeeper for a fairly well-off family. Since Dina only has her...
- 1999
The Island of Contenda
The Island of Contenda5.31999HD
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning...
- 1983
A Estranha Morte do Professor Antena
A Estranha Morte do Professor Antena51983HD
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...
- 1976
Barronhos
Barronhos01976HD
In the hot summer of 1975, in the middle of the revolution, in the heat of political and social conflicts, a crime is committed in a slum...
- 1981
O Defunto
O Defunto51981HD
Based on an Eça de Queiroz incursion into fantastic literature.
- 1983
A Noite de Walpurgis
A Noite de Walpurgis51983HD
A Noite de Walpurgis is a fantastic tale by Hugo Rocha, admittedly inspired by Goethe's Faust. The narrator-protagonist reveals a story told to him...
- 1974
O Mal-Amado
O Mal-Amado5.91974HD
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...
- 1986
Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra
Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra01986HD
A documentary following the process of sculpting in stone, from the creation to the final work of art.
- 1981
Cerromaior
Cerromaior51981HD
After failing in his attempt to escape, a teenager is taken back to his family.
- 1978
A Fuga
A Fuga01978HD
In the 1950s, a handful of prisoners attempt a daring escape from Peniche, a castle on the north coast of Portugal for the political dissidents of...
- 1984
Signals of Life
Signals of Life01984HD
An approach to the life and work of Jorge de Sena, relying on the testimonies of Mécia de Sena (author of the texts she reads) and the...
- 1989
The Islands' Message
The Islands' Message01989HD
The journey of an intellectual Creole. Before returning from Lisbon to Luanda, he stops in the Cape Verde islands in search of his ethnic and...
- 1980
Ciganos
Ciganos01980HD
Analysis of the history and memory of the Romani community that has lived for centuries in Portugal.