Movies by João Canijo
Lusitanian Illusion
Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.
Blood of My Blood
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Fátima
The journey of 11 women while they go on a pilgrimage from Bragança to Fatima.
Raul Brandão was a Great Writer...
This film is an attempt to disclose if Raul Brandão has left any trace, in Nespereira, Gumarães.
Bad Living
In a family-run hotel, by the Portuguese northern shore, lives a group of women from different generations of the same family, whose relationships with each other have grown poisoned by bitterness. They try to survive in the declining hotel, as the unexpected arrival of a granddaughter to this oppressive space stirs trouble, reviving latent hatred and piled-up resentments.