Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
Hands in the Fire / Mãos no fogo (2024) Margarida Gil, Carolina Campanela, Francisco Vistas, Rita Durão
Maria do Mar travels the Douro River region to document old manor houses for her thesis project. Read More »
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 »