Tag Archives: Portugal
Mad Love / Juana la Loca (2001) Vicente Aranda, Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor
Juana is married off by her pious parents, the Catholic kings Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Read More »
The Puppeteer (1962) Dom Roberto
João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity – what coins the people of Lisbon’s Read More »
The Heart’s Root / A Raiz do Coração (2000) Paulo Rocha, Luís Miguel Cintra, Joana Bárcia, Isabel Ruth
A Raiz do Coração (A Root of the Heart) is a Portuguese film set in the Lisbon during the festivities Read More »
The Night of the Sunflowers / La noche de los girasoles (2006) Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo
As the dead body of a sexually assaulted young woman rests hidden in a sunflower field Read More »
Sex Is Comedy (2002) Catherine Breillat, Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida
Jeanne is a director struggling with a difficult sex scene between two actors who can’t stand each other. Read More »
Lovely Child / Filha da Mãe (1990) João Canijo, José Wilker, Rita Blanco, Lídia Franco
The bitch is called Maria and she is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. Read More »
A Portuguese Farewell / Um Adeus Português (1986) João Botelho, Isabel de Castro, Ruy Furtado, Maria Cabral, Fernando Heitor
PORTUGUESE AFRICA, 1973. Slowly, we have plenty of time: the words of the Second Lieutenant to the small band of soldiers he commands. Read More »
According to Pereira AKA Sostiene Pereira (1995) Roberto Faenza, Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil
Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. Read More »
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston
This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who Read More »