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Tag Archives: Portugal
Torre Bela (1975) Thomas Harlan, Jacques d’Arthuys, Maria Vitória, José Neves Paiva
The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal Read More »
State of the World AKA O Estado do Mundo (2007) Ayisha Abraham, Chantal Akerman, Shyam Bahadur, Jurandyr Ferreira, Sakda Kaewbuadee
O Estado do Mundo is a compilation of 6 different short movies Read More »
Down to Earth AKA Casa de Lava (1994) Pedro Costa, Inês de Medeiros, Isaach De Bankolé, Edith Scob
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker Read More »
The Blue Eyes of Yonta AKA Udju Azul di Yonta (1992) Flora Gomes, Jorge Quintino Biague, Marcelo Cabral, Jacquelina Camara
A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents Read More »
The Rose King AKA Der Rosenkönig (1986) Werner Schroeter, Magdalena Montezuma, Mostefa Djadjam, Antonio Orlando
A mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses. Read More »
The Xango from Baker Street AKA O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) Miguel Faria Jr., Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
Glória (1999) Manuela Viegas, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Raquel Marques, Francisco Relvas
Ivan goes to live with his father, Vicente, the stationmaster, in a small remote village inland Portugal. Read More »
(Be)longing AKA Volta à Terra (2014) Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, João Pedro Plácido
Volta à Terra tells the story of an endangered community: farmers who practice subsistence farming in a mountainous Read More »
Coming and Going AKA Vai E Vem (2003) João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau
Driven by his struggle against the illness that would ultimately prove fatal, Monteiro fervently devoted himself to his deeply personal last work Read More »
The Other One AKA Conversa Acabada (1981) João Botelho, Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. Read More »
Cat’s Cradle AKA Cama de Gato (2012) João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis, Joana Santos
We wanted to make a film about a teenage mother. We met Joana in a casting that took place in Setubal Read More »
Lent AKA Quaresma (2003) José Álvaro Morais, Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Cary, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo
David is married, has a daughter, and is about to leave Portugal with his family. Read More »
O Crime da Aldeia Velha (1964) Manuel Guimarães, Clara D’Ovar, Alma Flora, Lídia Franco
Set in a little remote village, where everyone is very religious and primitive Read More »
Magic Mirror AKA Espelho Mágico (2005) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. Read More »