Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
Abraham’s Valley AKA Vale Abraão (1993) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Read More »
Runnin’ After Love AKA A Morte transparente (1978) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Bibi Vogel, Wagner Montes, Jaime Barcellos
Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house Read More »
John, the Knife and the River AKA João en het mes (1972) George Sluizer, Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo
An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides Read More »
That World and Mine AKA Êsse Mundo é Meu (1964) Sérgio Ricardo, Antonio Pitanga, Léa Bulcão
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker. Read More »
House of Sand AKA Casa de Areia (2005) Andrucha Waddington, Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra
Áurea arrives at a town in the dunes of State of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1910, having Read More »
Case of the Naves Brothers AKA O Caso dos Irmãos Naves (1967) Luiz Sérgio Person, Anselmo Duarte, Raul Cortez, Juca de Oliveira
The innocent brothers are wrongly accused of a crime by a corrupt Read More »
Of Gods and the Undead AKA Os Deuses e Os Mortos (1970) Ruy Guerra, Norma Bengell, Othon Bastos, Ítala Nandi
In the 1930’s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history Read More »
Men and Women AKA Noite Vazia (1964) Walter Hugo Khouri, Norma Bengell, Odete Lara, Mário Benvenutti
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved Read More »
Brave New Land AKA Brava Gente Brasileira (2000) Lúcia Murat, Diogo Infante, Floriano Peixoto, Luciana Rigueira
Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese Colonies in South America. Read More »
Conjugal Warfare AKA Guerra Conjugal (1974) Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Lima Duarte, Joffre Soares, Carmem Silva
Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other Read More »
Playing AKA Jogo de Cena (2007) Eduardo Coutinho, Marília Pêra, Andrea Beltrão, Fernanda Torres
Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho Read More »
Rough Gang AKA Ganga Bruta (1933) Humberto Mauro, Durval Bellini, Dea Selva, Lu Marival
A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. 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 »
A Vida Provisória (1968) Maurício Gomes Leite, Paulo José, Dina Sfat, Joana Fomm
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estevão is sent from Read More »