Alberto Ribeiro and Mariana Villar star in a popular melodrama set in Alfama (neighborhood of Lisbon) Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
East Timor – Dream of the Crocodile (2002) Diana Andringa, Xanana Gusmão
Leader of the world’s newest country, Xanana Gusmao, really knows about fighting for freedom and democracy. Read More »
A Vizinha do Lado (1945) António Lopes Ribeiro, Silvestre Alegrim, Carlos Alves, Emilia D’Oliveira
The ethicist, Placido Mesquita, coming to Lisbon to visit his nephew Edward to rescue him from a damnable life of bad habits Read More »
Those Whom Death Refused (1988) Flora Gomes, Bia Gomes, Tunu Eugenio Almada, Mamadu Uri Balde
The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. Read More »
The Deceased (1965) Leon Hirszman, Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Gracindo, Ivan Cândido
In the suburb of Sampaio, Zulmira visits a fortune teller (Madame Crisálida) who advises her to be careful with a ‘blonde woman’. Read More »
Party (1996) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Irene Papas, Leonor Silveira
The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money Read More »
Mango Yellow (2002) Cláudio Assis, Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Leona Cavalli
Short stories revolving around a bar and a hotel in Recife, unveil a mosaic of exotic characters Read More »
River of Gold (1998) Paulo Rocha, Isabel Ruth, Lima Duarte, Joana Bárcia
Carolina (Isabel Ruth), an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river Read More »
Two Sons of Francisco (2005) Breno Silveira, Ângelo Antônio, Dira Paes, Márcio Kieling
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children Read More »
Unicorn (2017) Eduardo Nunes, Bárbara Luz, Patricia Pillar, Zécarlos Machado
A young girl of 13 lives with her mother on an isolated property. Read More »
The Radio Girl (1944) Arthur Duarte, Maria Matos, António Silva, Maria Eugénia
Cipriano Lopes & D.Rosa Gonçalves are shopkeepers and hate each other. Read More »
Alice’s House (2007) Chico Teixeira, Carla Ribas, Berta Zemel, Vinicius Zinn
Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children Read More »
A Woman’s Revenge (2012) Rita Azevedo Gomes, Rita Durão, Fernando Rodrigues, Hugo Tourita
Roberto is a dandy! An unmoved, inscrutable and thus enigmatic man. Read More »
Forget Everything I’ve Told You (2002) António Ferreira, Custódia Gallego, António Capelo, Amélia Corôa, Fernando Taborda
Messias, the husband, a dentist, almost magician. Felizbela, the beautiful wife, almost happy. Read More »
Baron Olavo, the Horrible (1970) Júlio Bressane, Rodolfo Arena, Helena Ignez, Isabella
Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Read More »