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Tag Archives: Portugal
Point de fuite / Vanishing Point (1984) Raoul Ruiz, Steve Baës, Rebecca Pauly, Paulo Branco, Drama
A character escapes from the police and after all the money played to draw covers crime novels.
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The Territory / O Território (1981) Raoul Ruiz, Geoffrey Carey, Paul Getty Jr., Jeffrey Kime, Drama, Horror
A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Read More »
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties / Ópalo de fuego: Mercaderes del sexo (1980) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Lynn Monteil, Olivier Mathot, Thriller, Erotic
Two pretty chorus girls, Cecile and Brigitte, who have been sentenced to prison terms, agree to undertake risky undercover work for Senator Conolly in exchange for their freedom. Read More »
Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica / Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch (2006) José Fonseca e Costa, Bianca Byington, Cucha Carvalheiro, José Raposo, Comedy, Drama
In the late 19th century, the life of an aristocratic Lady, divided between love and patrimony, as she marries and becomes a widow yet again. Read More »
Cartas da Guerra / Letters from War (2016) Ivo Ferreira, Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova, Ricardo Pereira, Drama
Based on António Lobo Antunes’s novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer Read More »
Mudar de vida / Change One’s Life (1966) Paulo Rocha, Geraldo Del Rey, Isabel Ruth, Maria Barroso, Drama
After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. Read More »
Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001) Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Documentary
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Read More »
Combat d’amour en songe / Love Torn in a Dream (2000) Raoul Ruiz, Melvil Poupaud, Elsa Zylberstein, Lambert Wilson, Drama, Fantasy
Nine strange stories merge to form a visual fantasy. Someone steals a work of art of painting, a mirror has the power to steal reflecting the future Read More »
A batalha de Tabatô / The Battle of Tabato (2013) João Viana, Mamadu Baio, Fatu Djebaté, Imutar Djebaté, Drama
Fatu’s father has returned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding. Read More »
Máscara de Aço contra Abismo Azul / Mask of Steel Versus Blue Abyss (1989) Paulo Rocha, Fernando Heitor, Inês de Medeiros, Vítor Norte, Biography
In Máscara de Aço contra Abismo Azul (Mask of Steel Versus Blue Abyss), Paulo Rocha does a surprising “collage” about the Portuguese modernism, centered in Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. Read More »
O Costa do Castelo (1943) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Maria Matos, Milú, Comedy, Romance
This is a most entertaining movie that is made better by the outstanding performance of Antonio Silva. Read More »
Duplo Exilio / Double Exile (2001) Artur Ribeiro, John Gardner, Joana Seixas, Diana Costa e Silva, Drama
David Santo was born in Portugal, in the Atlantic islands of the Azores, and was five months old at the time his parents immigrated to the US. Read More »
Fado, História d’uma Cantadeira / Fado, Story of a Singer (1947) Perdigão Queiroga, Amália Rodrigues, Virgilio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, Drama, Musical, Romance
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a ‘retiro’ (typical fado tavern), public andcritics rend major applause. Read More »
O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra / The Sintra Road Case (2007) Jorge Paixão da Costa, Ivo Canelas, António Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily “Diário de Notícias”. Read More »