From the 1940’s to today, Manuel Luciano has tried to discover the true identity of Christopher Columbus. Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
Just Peter AKA Pedro Só (1972) Alfredo Tropa, António Montez, Ermelinda Duarte, Jorge Ramalho
Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between Read More »
Marcel Proust’s Time Regained AKA Le temps retrouvé d’après l’oeuvre de Marcel Proust (1999) Raoul Ruiz, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his childhood Read More »
Operation Autumn AKA Operação Outono (2012) Bruno de Almeida, John Ventimiglia, Diogo Dória, Nuno Lopes
Operation Autumn is a political “thriller” about the covert operation of the assassination Read More »
The Dauphin AKA O Delfim (2002) Fernando Lopes, Rogério Samora, Alexandra Lencastre, Rui Morisson
Portugal, late sixties. Tomás Palma Bravo, the Dauphin, is the heir to a world in decay. Read More »
Mutant Blast (2018) Fernando Alle, Pedro Barão Dias, Maria Leite, João Vilas
Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength Read More »
No Man’s Land AKA Terra de ninguém (2012) Salomé Lamas, Paulo de Figueiredo
A mercenary sits in a chair on a sober setting in an abandoned palace in Lisbon Read More »
In the Shadow of the Vultures AKA A Sombra dos Abutres (1998) Leonel Vieira, Vítor Norte, Diogo Infante, José Eduardo
1962 in Tras-os-Montes, a miners’ strike begins to be repressed by the National Guard. Read More »
Belarmino (1964) Fernando Lopes, Belarmino Fragoso, Jean Pierre Gebler, Maria Teresa de Noronha
Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Read More »
André Valente (2004) Catarina Ruivo, Leonardo Viveiros, Rita Durão, Dmitry Bogomolov
It’s almost Christmas! I’d really love it if he arrives in time for Christmas Read More »
How to Draw a Perfect Circle AKA Como Desenhar um Círculo Perfeito (2009) Marco Martins, Rafael Morais, Daniel Duval, Joana de Verona
In a house, the last trace of a Lisbon that has long disappeared, Guilherme and Sofia Read More »
Alex AKA A Idade Maior (1991) Teresa Villaverde, Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa. Read More »
Dribbling Fate AKA Fintar o Destino (1998) Fernando Vendrell, Carlos Germano, Betina Lopes, Paulo Miranda
Life has moved too fast for Mane. at the age of 50 he watches the slow sacrifice of his ideals. Read More »
State of the World AKA O Estado do Mundo (2007) Ayisha Abraham, Chantal Akerman, Shyam Bahadur, Jurandyr Ferreira, Sakda Kaewbuadee
O Estado do Mundo is a compilation of 6 different short movies Read More »
Light Drops AKA O Gotejar da Luz (2002) Fernando Vendrell, Filipe Carvalho, Alexandra Antunes, Amaral Matos, Luís Sarmento
Rui was raised in Mozambique in a small village at the frontier of a mysterious river. Read More »