Juana is married off by her pious parents, the Catholic kings Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Read More »
Tag Archives: Portugal
The Puppeteer AKA Dom Roberto (1962) Ernesto de Sousa, Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira
João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity – what coins the people of Lisbon’s Read More »
The Heart’s Root AKA A Raiz do Coração (2000) Paulo Rocha, Luís Miguel Cintra, Joana Bárcia, Isabel Ruth
A Raiz do Coração (A Root of the Heart) is a Portuguese film set in the Lisbon during the festivities Read More »
The Night of the Sunflowers AKA La noche de los girasoles (2006) Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo
As the dead body of a sexually assaulted young woman rests hidden in a sunflower field Read More »
Change Nothing AKA 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 »
Sex Is Comedy (2002) Catherine Breillat, Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida
Jeanne is a director struggling with a difficult sex scene between two actors who can’t stand each other. Read More »
Lovely Child AKA Filha da Mãe (1990) João Canijo, José Wilker, Rita Blanco, Lídia Franco
The bitch is called Maria and she is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. Read More »
A Portuguese Farewell AKA Um Adeus Português (1986) João Botelho, Isabel de Castro, Ruy Furtado, Maria Cabral, Fernando Heitor
PORTUGUESE AFRICA, 1973. Slowly, we have plenty of time: the words of the Second Lieutenant to the small band of soldiers he commands. Read More »
According to Pereira AKA Sostiene Pereira (1995) Roberto Faenza, Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil
Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. Read More »
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston
This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who Read More »
Hero on the Front AKA Soldado Milhões (2018) Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa, João Arrais, Miguel Borges, Raimundo Cosme
A Portuguese soldier, who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle Read More »
Summertime Killer AKA Un verano para matar (1972) Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Karl Malden, Olivia Hussey, Christopher Mitchum
A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Read More »
Nazaré (1952) Manuel Guimarães, Virgilio Teixeira, Helga Liné, Artur Semedo
The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. Read More »
The Blood AKA O Sangue (1989) Pedro Costa, Pedro Hestnes, Nuno Ferreira, Inês de Medeiros
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. Read More »
And when I die, I won’t stay dead (2015) Billy Woodberry, Roscoe Lee Browne, Susanne Cockrell, Ossie Davis
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman Read More »