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Tag Archives: Portugal
Letters from War (2016) Cartas da Guerra
Based on António Lobo Antunes’s novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer Read More »
Foreign Land (1995) Terra Estrangeira
After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother’s native land. Read More »
Dying to Go Home (1996) Carlos da Silva
A Portuguese immigrant in Holland dies in an accident and is buried in a cemetery in Amsterdam. Read More »
The Hero (2004) Zézé Gamboa, Makena Diop, Milton ‘Santo’ Coelho, Maria Ceiça
When he was 15, Vitório was recruited by Angolan army, where he would stay for two decades fighting. Read More »
The Stone Raft (2002) George Sluizer, Federico Luppi, Icíar Bollaín, Gabino Diego
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. Read More »
Past and Present (1972) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira
This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Read More »
O Fascínio / The Fascination (2003) José Fonseca e Costa, Vítor Norte, Sylvie Rocha, José Fidalgo
A businessman on the verge of bankruptcy receives an unexpected inheritance: a large farm in Portugal’s southern province of Alentejo. Read More »
O Princípio da Incerteza / The Uncertainty Principle (2002) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family. Read More »
A Girl in Summer (1986) Vítor Gonçalves, Isabel Galhardo, Diogo Dória, José Manuel Mendes
Isabel, a girl in her late teens, is unable to determine herself and understand herself – lost in the memory of her late mother Read More »