Nela Calheiros, a Portuguese designer on the peak of her career Read More »
Tag Archives: Joana Bárcia
The Heart’s Root AKA A Raiz do Coração (2000) Paulo Rocha, Luís Miguel Cintra, Joana Bárcia, Isabel Ruth
A Raiz do Coração (A Root of the Heart) is a Portuguese film set in the Lisbon during the festivities Read More »
River of Gold (1998) Paulo Rocha, Isabel Ruth, Lima Duarte, Joana Bárcia
Carolina (Isabel Ruth), an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river Read More »
A Filha / My Baby (2003) Solveig Nordlund, Nuno Melo, Joana Bárcia, Margarida Marinho, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Ricardo Monteiro is a successful television producer specialising in reality shows. He is 45 years old and he has just received an award for the most popular television show of the year, when he receives an ultimatum from his 18-year-old daughter Leonor. Read More »
Se Eu Fosse Ladrão, Roubava / If I Were a Thief… I’d Steal (2013) Paulo Rocha, Norberto Barroca, Márcia Breia, Joana Bárcia, Drama
1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country. Some years later, of all the brothers, Vitalino is the strongest and takes his father’s place in the house. But the village is too small for his aspirations and he decides to head to Brazil, leaving his sisters in charge of the household. In parallel with Vitalino’s story, If I Were a Thief… I’d Steal portrays the world of Paulo Rocha rummaging through his films and ghosts over the years.
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