During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between Read More »
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A Shot in the Dark / Um Tiro no Escuro (2005) Leonel Vieira, Joaquim de Almeida, Vanessa Mesquita, Filipe Duarte
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon Read More »
The Great Eliah / O Grande Elias (1950) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Milú, Francisco Ribeiro
A comedy about a family that receives money from a Brazilian aunt. Read More »
The Tyrannical Father (1941) O Pai Tirano
Everything is on the way for the annual performance of the Grandella’s Store Theatre Group Read More »
True and Tender Is the North / A Corte do Norte (2008) João Botelho, Ana Moreira, Ricardo Aibéo, Rogério Samora
A young woman seeks to unearth the truth about a distant ancestor in director João Botelho’s adaptation Read More »
The Consul of Bordeaux / O Cônsul de Bordéus (2011) João Correa, Francisco Manso, Vítor Norte, Carlos Paulo, João Nunes Monteiro
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man who issued 30,000 visas Read More »
Swan / Cisne (2011) Teresa Villaverde, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Nunes, Israel Pimenta
Vera is a singer in her thirties; she is back in Lisbon for the final performance of her concert tour. Read More »
Muito Prazer (1979) David Neves, Ítala Nandi, Antonio Pedro, Cecil Thiré
Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival. Read More »
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis / O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis (2020) João Botelho, Chico Díaz, Luís Lima Barreto, Catarina Wallenstein
Literary adaptation which imagines the last months, in 1936, of Fernando Pessoa Read More »
The Clown AKA O Palhaço (2011) Selton Mello, Paulo José, Larissa Manoela
This is the story of father and son who work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar (Paulo Jose) Read More »