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Tag Archives: portuguese
Ballad of Dog Beach (1987) José Fonseca e Costa, Assumpta Serna, Raul Solnado, Patrick Bauchau
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog Beach. Read More »
98 Octane (2006) Fernando Lopes, Rogério Samora, Carla Chambel, Márcia Breia, Fernando Heitor
He doesn’t know her, she doesn’t know him, but somewhere on the highway between Lisbon and Porto, he stops to rest and there she is: as lost as he is. Read More »
Reconversion (2012) Thom Andersen
Reconversion portrays seventeen buildings and projects by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura, accompanied by his own writings. Read More »
The Baron (2011) Edgar Pêra, Marina Albuquerque, Marcos Barbosa, Vítor Correia
A school inspector travels to the baron’s fiefdom to write a report on a heathen teacher. Read More »
A Talking Picture (2003) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Comedy, Drama, History, War
A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
Santiago (2007) João Moreira Salles, Documentary
Documentary about Santiago, a strange person who was able to work for the manager as well as his parents as a butler. Read More »
The Cannibals (1988) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Musical, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. Read More »
The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (1969) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Action, Crime, Drama, Western
This movie is the sequel to “God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun” (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol), and takes place 29 years after Antonio das Mortes killed Corisco (the “Blond Devil”), last of the Cangaceiros. Read More »
Historic Centre (2012) Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Judite Araujo, Maria Fatima Braga Lima, Marco Carreira, Drama
A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal. Read More »
Black God White Devil (1964) Glauber Rocha, Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. Read More »
Anxiety (1998) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Drama
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance
On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
Doomed Love (1979) Manoel de Oliveira, António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp, Drama, Romance
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Read More »
The Fifth Empire (2004) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glória de Matos, Drama, History
Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims. Read More »