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Tag Archives: Portugal
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 »
A Talking Picture (2003) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich
A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
A Portuguesa / The Portuguese Woman (2018) Rita Azevedo Gomes, Clara Riedenstein, Marcello Urgeghe, Ingrid Caven
His home is war. Her home is Portugal. Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten Read More »