Movies: Luís Ismael

The final chapter of the Balas & Bolinhos saga....

A group of friends meet after some years apart and decide to go on a treasure hunt....

The Inquisition continues the persecution of Portuguese Jews, sending Visitador Sebastião Noronha to the city of Oporto. With his family and community in danger, António Álvares, decides to outline an escape plan....

Romeu, a corrupt cop, hires the services of Cid and Alex, to catch a notorious criminal, who left Mexico and is on his way to Galicia, Spain to find the killer of his brother, also trying to catch the same criminal is an FBI agent....

One tries to con. Another keeps stealing. And there's even someone that doesn't know what he's doing... The truth is life is hard for Cultara, Rato and Bino. But it all changes when Tone, the man of the world, returns home to save his dad on the deat...

A group of friends meet and set out to rob a gas station....

Tellerium's founders find themselves in the place where it all began: a secluded oriental restaurant. But as they repeat the tradition and open their fortune cookies, they realize that there is more to what they bargained for....

The Nun's Kaddish is a short film that portrays a true story of inter-religious kindness when a Nun observes a Jewish ritual, raising the spirituality of the two faiths towards a higher ......

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In 1496, King D. Manuel prohibited Judaism. 400 years later, Barros Basto, a Portuguese army captain converted to Judaism, and about twenty Jewish merchants founded the Jewish Community of Oporto, in the north of Portugal....

Based on the tale of the Prodigal Son, 'Prodigal' is a film about the relationship about father and son, and a simple gesture of love. Shot on 16mm in a single location....

Lost between a shattered family life and the cruelty of a teenage crush. Pedro is about to discover that the answer to adult life lies where he least expects it....

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“1618” is a film about the inquisitorial visit to Porto that encountered resistance from priests, ordinary citizens and the city authorities themselves, all accustomed for centuries to living alongside the Jews....

Mario and Alice are inside a car driving to the airport for one more vacation. Although, Mario has to make one last drop at a client's before heading out. Alice questions him. She wants to know more. Who is this man by her side? Is she ready to find ...