After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001) Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Documentary
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Read More »
Combat d’amour en songe / Love Torn in a Dream (2000) Raoul Ruiz, Melvil Poupaud, Elsa Zylberstein, Lambert Wilson, Drama, Fantasy
Nine strange stories merge to form a visual fantasy. Someone steals a work of art of painting, a mirror has the power to steal reflecting the future Read More »
A batalha de Tabatô / The Battle of Tabato (2013) João Viana, Mamadu Baio, Fatu Djebaté, Imutar Djebaté, Drama
Fatu’s father has returned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding. Read More »
O Costa do Castelo (1943) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Maria Matos, Milú, Comedy, Romance
This is a most entertaining movie that is made better by the outstanding performance of Antonio Silva. Read More »
Duplo Exilio / Double Exile (2001) Artur Ribeiro, John Gardner, Joana Seixas, Diana Costa e Silva, Drama
David Santo was born in Portugal, in the Atlantic islands of the Azores, and was five months old at the time his parents immigrated to the US. Read More »
Fado, História d’uma Cantadeira / Fado, Story of a Singer (1947) Perdigão Queiroga, Amália Rodrigues, Virgilio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, Drama, Musical, Romance
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a ‘retiro’ (typical fado tavern), public andcritics rend major applause. Read More »
O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra / The Sintra Road Case (2007) Jorge Paixão da Costa, Ivo Canelas, António Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily “Diário de Notícias”. Read More »
Os Três da Vida Airada / The Three Happy-Go-Lucky (1952) Perdigão Queiroga, Milú, António Silva, Eugénio Salvador, Comedy
A typesetter is an amateur stage director, and his niece and an employee are stage actors. When they have an opportunity to go professional, differences arise between the two men. Read More »
A Vizinha do Lado / The Next Door Neighbor (1945) António Lopes Ribeiro, Silvestre Alegrim, Carlos Alves, Emilia D’Oliveira, Comedy
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
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