Manuel Mozos

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Manuel Mozos (born June 1959, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director. Mozos studied history and philosophy before enrolling at the School of Theatre and Cinema, where he specialized as an editor. He was responsible for the editing of several films, and in 1989, he directed Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... In 1992, he directed his first feature, Xavier. Since then he has also directed several documentaries and video clips, including 4 Hearts, produced and released by Rosa Filmes.

Most Popular Manuel Mozos Trailers

Total trailers found: 61

The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal Trailer (2015)

06 July 2015

On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making films.

Passagem por Lisboa Trailer (1994)

29 September 1994

Lisbon, early 1940s. The neutral port town is an open door to freedom, for those who are escaping the Nazi occupied France and eastern European countries, and a war field for spies of every description.

Bruno Aleixo's Film Trailer (2020)

23 January 2020

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

The Mountains of the Moon Trailer (1987)

01 September 1987

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu.

Encoberto Trailer (2022)

05 July 2022

Vargas is an undercover agent whose mission is to capture a group of robbers. The robbery of a jewelry store will be the ideal moment to catch them in the act.

Légua Trailer (2023)

13 December 2023

At an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there.

How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal Trailer (2018)

11 October 2018

Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.

Ruins Trailer (2009)

01 April 2009

Fragments of spaces, buildings and structures, memories and remains of past eras, places of work or leisure now inhabited by our memories alone, or really forgotten.

Vertiges Trailer (1985)

09 April 1985

In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company.

Demain? Trailer (2011)

16 October 2011

The short life of the Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini is colourfully portrayed, not as a conventional biopic, but as a visual poem which evokes the turbulent life and complex personality of the literary heroine as she develops her genius for writing.

Christmas Inventory Trailer (2000)

15 December 2000

A family gathers to celebrate Christmas.

Jogo da Glória Trailer (2002)

19 March 2002

Rui, A teenage boy works in his father shop and has an old brother that is a policeman. His father is about to close the shop, because of money issues, and Rui needs to get money for him and also to help his father.

Xavier Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.

Black & White Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

A short-film in 35 mm, black > white stages a day in which the main character discovers that she stopped seeing in color.

John From Trailer (2016)

31 March 2016

Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara.

The Portuguese Nun Trailer (2009)

09 August 2009

A young French actress in Lisbon to shoot a movie is intrigued by a nun she sees kneeling in the chapel where she is filming.

O Miradouro da Lua Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A young theater student receives an invitation from his unknown father to go to Angola with him. On the trip, he meets an Angolan student who returns to his country.

A Woman's Revenge Trailer (2012)

29 March 2012

Roberto is one of those men to whom simulation has become the greatest art. He is an unmoved, inscrutable, mysterious man.

When It Thunders Trailer (2000)

04 February 2000

The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend.

Rex Inutilis Trailer (2013)

17 October 2013

Tiago is a final-year secondary school student who has failed to graduate twice. Despite praying to the divine, he will fail once again.

Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss Trailer (1988)

06 June 1988

A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

Ama Romanta: Uma Utopia que Fazia Discos Trailer (2019)

09 May 2019

In the second half of the 1980s, an Portuguese independent music publisher was created, Ama Romanta. It was the alternative to the hidden censorship of the big label industry and its founder was João Peste (the charismatic vocalist of Pop Dell'Arte).

Poor George Trailer (1993)

26 February 1993

One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work.

João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved Trailer (2015)

08 October 2015

Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the Portuguese Film Museum, who passed away in 2009.

The Journey Trailer (2020)

07 October 2020

A filmmaker and an actress travel towards a remote location, in search of a particular house, and of inspiration for their next movie.

Far Away from Here Trailer (1994)

29 April 1994

Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner.

Cães Sem Coleira Trailer (1999)

31 March 1999

O Capacete Dourado Trailer (2007)

19 September 2007

The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing cars.

The Heart's Root Trailer (2000)

18 October 2000

Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town.

Lovely Child Trailer (1990)

04 May 1990

Maria is a sweet child. She hasn’t father and doesn’t like her mother. She has a boyfriend, A bandit who would like to change his class.

Tempos de Escola Trailer (2024)

29 May 2024

Step by Step Trailer (1990)

11 April 1990

Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the world is their oyster, Nogueira knows that, for him, most doors have long closed.

Tony Trailer (2010)

11 March 2010

Jorge, a very shy young man, works as bellboy in a Lisbon hotel and lives in a guesthouse where he is constantly harassed by the owner’s daughter.

Pai Natal Trailer (2011)

11 March 2011

The story of a young cinephile, who, coming from Braga, arrives in Lisbon, where he found a peculiar and fleeting job.

Behind Those Walls Trailer (2022)

29 April 2022

A documentary by Manuel Mozos about the spaces that capture the narratives of the marginalized. Whether madmen or criminals, they are all those who existed delimited and separated: in forts, in prisons, in hospitals or asylums.

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista Trailer (1994)

31 December 1994

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema.

Sobre as Armas e o Povo Trailer (2020)

28 August 2020

An addition to As Armas e o Povo (1975), filmed at the Lisbon Cinemateca in 2019.

A Portuguese Film Trailer (2011)

28 October 2011

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.

Times Are Changing, Not Me Trailer (2012)

21 April 2012

Manuel Mozos, the Portuguese director, talks about his films, cinema and Sam Peckinpah.

Boris and Jeremiah Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Early morning and everybody leaves home to work. Jeremias, the gardener, hears the telephone ringing in the house.

Olhar o Cinema Português: 1896-2006 Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Synthesis of the first 110 years of the history of Portuguese cinema, made almost exclusively with archive material from the series of eight episodes History of Portuguese Cinema, produced by Pedro Efe in 1998, and combining excerpts from films with testimonies from some of the most prominent actors of the same story.

Drifters of a shadowy dream Trailer (2018)

10 December 2018

X, a film location scout, spend his time travelling from place to place looking for filming locations, at the same time that he's looking for funding for the film he wrote himself.

José Cardoso Pires - Diário de Bordo Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

A documentary about the life and work of José Cardoso Pires. The information was gathered through a series of interviews made by the journalist Clara Ferreira Alves during autumn and winter of 1997 and also by people who were close to him.

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One Trailer (2015)

29 July 2015

In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence.

Ramiro Trailer (2018)

01 March 2018

Ramiro is a bookstore owner in Lisbon and a poet in perpetual creative block. He lives, somewhat frustrated, somewhat conformed, between his shop and the tavern, accompanied by his dog, his faithful drinking companions and his neighbors: a pregnant teenager and her grandmother recovering from a stroke.

Love Lights Trailer (2022)

03 August 2022

The evocation of light in the cinema leads the Character of the Man of Light to ponder over it, over its essence and its multiple manifestations in a revisitation of geographical places and memories.

Aldina Duarte: Princesa Prometida Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

A portrait of the unique personality of Aldina Duarte, a girlish lady, who sings the “fado” out of conviction and love.

Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of the documentary and the sights and sounds clips from some movies is established.

Sophia, In Her Own Words Trailer (2019)

25 October 2019

Using the author's personal estate, current images of places where she lived or were dear to her, and archival images of television and film; using parts of her prose and poetry always with first-person testimonies; from Porto to Lisbon, from Granja to Lagos, from the Atlantic Sea to the Mediterranean, from Greece to 25 April: the passions and disappointments of a life and work dedicated to the search for the real, freedom and justice.

4 Hearts Trailer (2009)

20 August 2009

Diana is a young woman about to enter adulthood. She lives with her father, Gabriel, a game machine dealer, and Magdalene, the stepmother, alongside those working in a hair salon in a shopping center.

Veneno Cura Trailer (2008)

23 October 2008

In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.

Cinema — Alguns Cortes: Censura Trailer (1999)

29 April 1999

How I Fell in Love with Eva Ras Trailer (2016)

22 October 2016

In Sarajevo, in a cinema’s projection booth, lives Sena; a woman who in daily solitude repeats the projection of the few Yugoslavian films of which there are copies.

Technoboss Trailer (2019)

07 November 2019

The start of Luís Rovisco’s old age isn’t exactly cheerful. Already in his sixties, he’s still roaming the country by himself, carrying out his tasks — increasingly less real — as sales director for the company SegurVale.

The Face You Deserve Trailer (2005)

23 March 2005

Francisco, behave! I Know it's your birthday, you are thirty now, it's carnival, you've dressed as a cowboy for the school party and you are surrounded by kids you hate.

Primeira Obra Trailer (2023)

30 April 2023

Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões.

Vianna da Motta, Cenas Portuguesas Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

What is the possibility of knowing a man who died fifty years ago, if everyone who closely shared with him disappeared, or were too young to really know him?

Ashes and Embers Trailer (2015)

26 April 2015

Certainly an outstanding case of beauty and mystery, this short film by Mozos creates a strange alloy of literature and cinema, and not in the way one discipline is a vampire for the other, but rather as if they were the different faces of the same coin, drawn to coexist and repel each other.

Crescei e Multiplicai-vos Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Uma História do Espectador de Cinema Trailer (2023)

02 May 2023