| Summary: | <font face="Garamond" style="font-size: 11pt"> </font> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond,serif"> The aim of the present work is to provide a few ideas about the importance of the cinema, with its audiovisual narrative, in teaching. The use of films in teaching offers the possibility of enhancing students’ ability to reflect on issues of importance. The observation and analysis of films comprise a privileged area for the development of certain professional skills in that they involve the mobilization of students’ knowledge and the “inner” (or perhaps “outer”) debate they are able to generate about the issues portrayed. Here we discuss two working schema employing cinematographic stories within the university environment: 1) video/DVD as an object to be studied, and 2) video/DVD as a method to teach of movie contents. Contrary to common sense, work with narratives portrayed in films for use as a powerful tool in the development of complex thinking processes is not easy either for medical instructors of their students. Audiovisual narrative is heavy currency indeed, but also involves certain risks. </span>
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