Paulo Soares da Rocha (22 December 1935 – 29 December 2012) was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, O Desejado was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.

Filmography as director

  • Os Verdes Anos (1963)
  • Mudar de Vida (1966)
  • Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência (1971)
  • A Pousada das Chagas (1972)
  • A Ilha dos Amores (1982)
  • O Desejado (1988)
  • "Cinéma, de Notre Temps": Oliveira - L'Architecte (1993)
  • Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima (1993)
  • Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker (1995)
  • Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano (1998)
  • O Rio do Ouro (1998)
  • A Raiz do Coração (2000)
  • As Sereias (2001)
  • Vanitas (2004)
  • Se Eu Fosse Ladrão, Roubava (2011)

References

Bibliographic references

  • O Cais do Olhar by José de Matos-Cruz, Portuguese Cinematheque, 1999