Portugal, late sixties. Tomás Palma Bravo, the Dauphin, is the heir to a world in decay. Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
Mutant Blast (2018) Fernando Alle, Pedro Barão Dias, Maria Leite, João Vilas
Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength Read More »
No Man’s Land AKA Terra de ninguém (2012) Salomé Lamas, Paulo de Figueiredo
A mercenary sits in a chair on a sober setting in an abandoned palace in Lisbon Read More »
In the Shadow of the Vultures AKA A Sombra dos Abutres (1998) Leonel Vieira, Vítor Norte, Diogo Infante, José Eduardo
1962 in Tras-os-Montes, a miners’ strike begins to be repressed by the National Guard. Read More »
Belarmino (1964) Fernando Lopes, Belarmino Fragoso, Jean Pierre Gebler, Maria Teresa de Noronha
Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Read More »
André Valente (2004) Catarina Ruivo, Leonardo Viveiros, Rita Durão, Dmitry Bogomolov
It’s almost Christmas! I’d really love it if he arrives in time for Christmas Read More »
How to Draw a Perfect Circle AKA Como Desenhar um Círculo Perfeito (2009) Marco Martins, Rafael Morais, Daniel Duval, Joana de Verona
In a house, the last trace of a Lisbon that has long disappeared, Guilherme and Sofia Read More »
Alex AKA A Idade Maior (1991) Teresa Villaverde, Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa. Read More »
The Great Eliah AKA O Grande Elias (1950) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Milú, Francisco Ribeiro
A comedy about a family that receives money from a Brazilian aunt. Read More »
Dribbling Fate AKA Fintar o Destino (1998) Fernando Vendrell, Carlos Germano, Betina Lopes, Paulo Miranda
Life has moved too fast for Mane. at the age of 50 he watches the slow sacrifice of his ideals. 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 »
Light Drops AKA O Gotejar da Luz (2002) Fernando Vendrell, Filipe Carvalho, Alexandra Antunes, Amaral Matos, Luís Sarmento
Rui was raised in Mozambique in a small village at the frontier of a mysterious river. Read More »
A Song of Lisbon AKA A Canção de Lisboa (1933) José Cottinelli Telmo, Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa, António Silva
Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. Read More »
Tabu (2012) Miguel Gomes, Telmo Churro, Hortêncílio Aquina
A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor’s maid to seek out a man Read More »
Photo (2012) Carlos Saboga, Anna Mouglalis, Simão Cayatte, Johan Leysen
Her mother has just died. Her father is not who she thought he was. Read More »