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Tag Archives: Portugal
The Rose King / Der Rosenkönig (1986) Werner Schroeter, Magdalena Montezuma, Mostefa Djadjam, Antonio Orlando
A mentally unstable woman and her son move to a sprawling mansion in Portugal to grow roses. Read More »
A Tempestade da Terra / Earth Storm (1998) Fernando D’Almeida e Silva, Maria de Medeiros, João Grosso, Ângelo Torres
Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976. This is the last stop on a journey that begins Read More »
The Satin Slipper / Le soulier de satin (1985) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk, Anne Consigny
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman Read More »
A Comédia de Deus / God’s Comedy (1995) João César Monteiro, Cláudia Teixeira, Manuela de Freitas
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute Read More »
O Processo do Rei / The King’s Trial (1990) João Mário Grilo, Carlos Daniel, Aurelle Doazan, Antonino Solmer
At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança Read More »
The Dance of the Paroxysms (1929) Jorge Brum do Canto
A surreal short film in which a young man embarks on a journey through villages and the countryside. Read More »
The Age of Beauty (1992) Fernando Trueba
A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer’s four daughters Read More »
A Costa dos Murmúrios / The Murmuring Coast (2004)
During the war of in-dependency Evita (Beatriz Batarda) moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís (Filipe Duarte). Read More »
Die Screaming, Marianne (1971) Pete Walker, Susan George
After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. Read More »