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Tag Archives: portuguese
Turbulence AKA Estorvo (2000) Ruy Guerra, Jorge Perugorría, Bianca Byington, Suzana Ribeiro
After a restless night HE is awoken by his doorbell insistently ringing. Read More »
Copacabana Fools Me AKA Copacabana Me Engana (1968) Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, Odete Lara, Carlo Mossy, Paulo Gracindo
Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits Read More »
Dot.com (2007) Luís Galvão Teles, João Tempera, María Adánez, Marco Delgado
A small village in Portugal, Águas-Altas, is being sued by a Spanish multinational corporation Read More »
Iracema – Uma Transa Amazônica (1975) Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna, Paulo César Peréio, Edna de Cássia, Lúcio Dos Santos
Truck driver travelling along the Transamazonic Road, a huge highway in Brazil that crosses Read More »
Bring It Inside AKA Trago Comigo (2013) Tata Amaral, Gustavo Brandão, Georgina Castro, Maria Helena Chira
Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn’t remember the time Read More »
Amei um Bicheiro (1953) Jorge Ileli, Paulo Wanderley, Cyl Farney, Eliana, Grande Otelo
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun. Read More »
Ruínas (2009) Manuel Mozos
Fragments of spaces, buildings and structures, memories and remains of past eras, places of work Read More »
Porto das Caixas (1963) Paulo César Saraceni, Irma Álvarez, Reginaldo Faria, Paulo Padilha
Irma can only think about getting rid of her cowardly dirty husband. Read More »
Get a Life AKA Ganhar a vida (2001) João Canijo, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga
During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between Read More »
A Shot in the Dark AKA Um Tiro no Escuro (2005) Leonel Vieira, Joaquim de Almeida, Vanessa Mesquita, Filipe Duarte
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon Read More »
The Great Eliah AKA O Grande Elias (1950) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Milú, Francisco Ribeiro
A comedy about a family that receives money from a Brazilian aunt. Read More »
The Tyrannical Father AKA O Pai Tirano (1941) António Lopes Ribeiro, Vasco Santana, Francisco Ribeiro, Leonor Maia
Everything is on the way for the annual performance of the Grandella’s Store Theatre Group Read More »
True and Tender Is the North AKA A Corte do Norte (2008) João Botelho, Ana Moreira, Ricardo Aibéo, Rogério Samora
A young woman seeks to unearth the truth about a distant ancestor in director João Botelho’s adaptation Read More »
The Consul of Bordeaux AKA O Cônsul de Bordéus (2011) João Correa, Francisco Manso, Vítor Norte, Carlos Paulo, João Nunes Monteiro
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man who issued 30,000 visas Read More »