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Tag Archives: Portugal
Blind Man’s Bluff / A caixa (1994) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glicínia Quartin, Ruy de Carvalho
Stories about neighboring in Lisbon are told by a homeless blind man who’s only means of support is his elm box. Read More »
Word and Utopia / Palavra e Utopia (2000) Manoel de Oliveira, Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil Read More »
The House of the Spirits (1993) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso
Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Read More »
In the White City / Dans la ville blanche (1983) Alain Tanner, Bruno Ganz, Teresa Madruga, Julia Vonderlinn
A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room Read More »
Three Bridges Over the River / Trois ponts sur la rivière (1999) Jean-Claude Biette, Jeanne Balibar, Mathieu Amalric, Thomas Badek
The life of Arthur, a professor living in Paris, changes when Frank comes Read More »
The Virgin of Lust / La virgen de la lujuria (2002) Arturo Ripstein, Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro’s café at Hotel Ofélia. Read More »
The Jester / O Bobo (1987) José Álvaro Morais, Fernando Heitor, Paula Guedes, Luís Lucas
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous Read More »
Portuguese Vacation / Vacances portugaises (1963) Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Françoise and her husband Jean-Pierre invite some friend couples to spend a weekend Read More »
Vanity / Vanitas (2004) Paulo Rocha, Isabel Ruth, Joana Bárcia, Filipe Cochofel
Nela Calheiros, a Portuguese designer on the peak of her career Read More »