The Trial portrays the trial of Dilma Rousseff, focusing on the defense team Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
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 »
The Fifth Power / O 5º Poder (1962) Alberto Pieralisi
Foreign agents from an unidentified nation clandestinely install on radio 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 »
Hour of the Star / A Hora da Estrela (1985) Suzana Amaral, Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. 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 »
Runnin’ After Love (1978) Carlos Hugo Christensen
Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house Read More »
John, the Knife and the River / João en het mes (1972) George Sluizer, Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo
An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides Read More »