
Maria do Mar travels the Douro River region to document old manor houses for her thesis project. Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
Elles (1997) Luís Galvão Teles, Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller

Five women, all near the wrong side of forty, face life’s ups and downs together with laughter, tears, and sometimes irony. Read More »
Dark at Noon / L’oeil qui ment (1992) Raúl Ruiz, John Hurt

After his father’s death, a Parisian medical researcher returns to a region of Portugal to deal with part of the family legacy Read More »
É o Amor / That’s Love (2013) João Canijo, Anabela Moreira

In Caxinas, a fishing neighborhood in Vila do Conde, a city on the north of Portugal Read More »
Forget Everything I’ve Told You (2002) António Ferreira

A tragic-comedy over a dysfunctional Portuguese family. The story of six people who love, hate, split up and meet again Read More »
Les démons (1973) Jesús Franco, Anne Libert, Carmen Yazalde

As the scarlet flames lick her pale and desperate face while the feeble body is eager to succumb Read More »
Nazaré (1952) Manuel Guimarães, Virgilio Teixeira

The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. Read More »
The Wheat and the Tares (1965) Manuel Guimarães

A sad and strong people living in the huge plains of Alentejo. Their endless struggle for bread, their nostalgic Read More »
Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica / Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch (2006)

In the late 19th century, the life of an aristocratic Lady, divided between love Read More »
O Rio do Ouro / River of Gold (1998) Paulo Rocha

Carolina (Isabel Ruth), an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river Read More »
Máscara de Aço contra Abismo Azul (1989) Paulo Rocha

In Máscara de Aço contra Abismo Azul (Mask of Steel Versus Blue Abyss), Paulo Rocha does Read More »
Water and Salt / Água e Sal (2001) Teresa Villaverde

Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and her daughter. Read More »
The Blue Eyes of Yonta / Udju Azul di Yonta (1992)

A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents Read More »
Le trésor des îles chiennes / Treasure of the Bitch Islands (1990) F.J. Ossang, Stéphane Ferrara, Diogo Dória, José Wallenstein

The world after the atomic age. An engineer disappears, together with his consortium (Kryo’Corp) and his discovery Read More »
Memories and Confessions (1993) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Isabel de Oliveira, Diogo Dória

A docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira’s life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal. Read More »