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Ana (1982) Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis, Ana Maria Martins Guerra, Manuel Ramalho Eanes, Octávio Lixa Filgueiras
It is a sincere and naive film that combines the themes of nature-man, modernism-man in Rilke’s poets with a local narrative. Read More »
Hopefuls (2015) Ives Rosenfeld, Ariclenes Barroso, Sergio Malheiros, Julia Bernat
Junior, as he’s known since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. Read More »
Ala-Arriba! (1942) José Leitão de Barros, Ilidio Rocha Silvestre, Elsa Bea-Flor, João Moço
In a village of poor fishermen in the North of Portugal, João Moço and Julha fall in love. Read More »
The Priest and the Girl (1966) Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Helena Ignez, Paulo José, Mário Lago
In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place Read More »
Garrincha: Joy of the People (1963) Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Heron Domingues, Garrincha
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer’s history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Read More »
Cleópatra (2007) Júlio Bressane, Alessandra Negrini, Miguel Falabella, Bruno Garcia
Julio Bressane turns his sensual, color-filled set pieces to “Cleopatra,” Read More »
Bang Bang (1971) Andrea Tonacci, Paulo César Peréio, Abrahão Farc, Jura Otero
The actor of a film being made lives without distinction his own personal reality and his character’s fiction. Read More »
Goodbye, Father (1996) Luís Filipe Rocha, Afonso Pimentel, João Lagarto, Laura Soveral
For a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. Read More »
Memories They Told Me (2012) Lúcia Murat, Clarisse Abujamra, Otávio Augusto, Eduardo Cravo
A group of friends who resisted Brazilian dictatorship face, along with their sons, the conflicts between past and present as one of theirs is passing away. Read More »
The Hustlers (1962) Ruy Guerra, Per Aabel, Norma Bengell, Hugo Carvana
This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the “cafajestes”). Read More »
Love Me Forever or Never (1986) Arnaldo Jabor, Fernanda Torres, Thales Pan Chacon
Young and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past relationship. Read More »
Twenty Years Later (1984) Eduardo Coutinho, Tite de Lemos, Ferreira Gullar
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. Read More »
Aquarius (2016) Kleber Mendonça Filho, Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos
Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. Read More »
The Mutants (1998) Teresa Villaverde, Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela
A bleak drama about street children abandoned by the Portuguese juvenile system, Os Mutantes/The Mutants was immediately controversial in Portugal Read More »