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Tag Archives: Portugal
The Fifth Empire (2004) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glória de Matos, Drama, History

Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims. Read More »
Porto of My Childhood (2001) Manoel de Oliveira, Jorge Trêpa, Ricardo Trêpa, Maria de Medeiros, Drama, Documentary

Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown. Read More »
The Convent (1995) Manoel de Oliveira, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Drama, Mystery

The story centers on the unconventional American professor, Michael Padovic, and his stunningly beautiful wife, Helene Read More »
Gebo and the Shadow (2012) Manoel de Oliveira, Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau, Drama

Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son. Read More »
The Day of Despair (1992) Manoel de Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Mário Barroso, Luís Miguel Cintra, Biography, Drama

Portrait of the last years of the XIX century’s Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco, who had been suffering from an eye disease and one day wakes up blind. Read More »
Sleepwalking Land (2007) Teresa Prata, Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Ernesto Lemos Macuacua, Drama

In the midst of Mozambique’s devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. Read More »
Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva, Drama

A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle Read More »
A Carta (1999) Manoel de Oliveira, Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Drama

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Read More »
Estrada de Palha / Hay Road (2012) Rodrigo Areias, Vítor Correia, Nuno Melo, Inês Mariana Moitas, Adventure, Drama, Western

This is the story of a man who after living over ten years isolated away from his country, returns to avenge His brother’s death. Read More »
A Casa / The House (1997) Sarunas Bartas, Francisco Nascimento, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Alex Descas, Drama
Tricheurs / Cheaters (1984) Barbet Schroeder, Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier, Leandro Vale, Drama
O Fantasma / Phantom (2000) João Pedro Rodrigues, Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Drama

Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. Read More »
Odete / Two Drifters (2005) João Pedro Rodrigues, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira, Drama

Pedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner; Pedro drives home, dying en route in a crash. Read More »
Street of No Return (1989) Samuel Fuller, Keith Carradine, Valentina Vargas, Bill Duke, Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller

A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman Read More »

