Young doctor Fabian travels to Lisbon to win back his ex-girlfriend Doro. While the two of them are gradually getting closer Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
Aniki Bóbó (1942) Manoel de Oliveira
In 1940s Porto, Portugal, a young boy joins a street gang after proving his worth. Read More »
The Dumbfounded King (1991) El rey pasmado
After spending a night with a sensual prostitute, the King of Spain decides that he wants to see his wife naked. Read More »
Black and Wihte (2003) Preto E Branco
During the colonial war in Mozambique, a Portuguese soldier captures a Mozambican soldier. Read More »
The Invisible Collection (2009) A Colecção Invisível
A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the face of the harsh realities of the 20th century life. Read More »
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 »