During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between Read More »
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Lovely Child AKA Filha da Mãe (1990) João Canijo, José Wilker, Rita Blanco, Lídia Franco
The bitch is called Maria and she is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. Read More »
É o Amor / That’s Love (2013) João Canijo, Anabela Moreira, Sónia Nunes, Cassilda Pontes, Drama
In Caxinas, a fishing neighborhood in Vila do Conde, a city on the north of Portugal Read More »
Noite Escura / In the Darkness of the Night (2004) João Canijo, Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Drama, Crime
João Canijo latest movie adapts a Greek tragedy “Ifigénia en Aulis” to a provincial Portuguese family that has to deal with the Russian Mafia after a deal went wrong. In a place where everything is bought and sold even the youngest daughter may have to be offered for prostitution to make up for a deal that went terribly wrong. “Noite Escura” deals with the emotions of a small family that runs a provincial whorehouse, having to sell their youngest in order to survive.
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