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Tag Archives: Portugal
Ala-Arriba! (1942) José Leitão de Barros, Ilidio Rocha Silvestre, Elsa Bea-Flor, João Moço

In a village of poor fishermen in the North of Portugal, João Moço and Julha fall in love. Read More »
Bridges of Sarajevo / Les Ponts de Sarajevo (2014) Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Bogdan Ninkovic, Fedja Stamenkovic, Andrej Ivancic

13 European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo and what this city represents Read More »
Belarmino (1964) Fernando Lopes

Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Read More »
Change Nothing / Ne change rien (2009) Pedro Costa, Jeanne Balibar, Rodolphe Burger, Hervé Loos

In Ne change rien, we see the French actress/singer Jeanne Balibar rehearsing Read More »
Blood of My Blood / Sangue do Meu Sangue (2011) João Canijo, Rita Blanco, Anabela Moreira, Cleia Almeida

The realities of life are harsh in Padre Cruz, a slum on the edge of Lisbon Read More »
Electronic Awakening (2011) Andrew Johner, Adam Apollo, Chiara Baldini, Eric Baumgartner

In Electronic Awakening, director Andrew Johner lifts the veil on an underground spiritual Read More »
Torre Bela (1975) Thomas Harlan, Jacques d’Arthuys, Maria Vitória, José Neves Paiva

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal Read More »
Beatriz: Between Pain and Nothingness / Beatriz: Entre a Dor e o Nada (2015) Alberto Graça, Marjorie Estiano, Sergio Guizé, Beatriz Batarda

In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz Read More »
Légua (2023) João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis, Carla Maciel, Fátima Soares, Vitória Nogueira da Silva

At an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília Read More »
No Man’s Land / 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 »
Abraham’s Valley / Vale Abraão (1993) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Read More »
Brave New Land / Brava Gente Brasileira (2000) Lúcia Murat, Diogo Infante, Floriano Peixoto, Luciana Rigueira

Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese Colonies in South America. Read More »
Cat’s Cradle / Cama de Gato (2012) João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis, Joana Santos

We wanted to make a film about a teenage mother. We met Joana in a casting that took place in Setubal Read More »
Photo (2012) Carlos Saboga, Anna Mouglalis, Simão Cayatte, Johan Leysen

Her mother has just died. Her father is not who she thought he was. Read More »