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Quilombo (1984) Carlos Diegues, Bené Batista, Jonas Bloch, Zózimo Bulbul
Quilombo de Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. Read More »
The Jester / O Bobo (1987) José Álvaro Morais, Fernando Heitor, Paula Guedes, Luís Lucas
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous Read More »
Vanity / Vanitas (2004) Paulo Rocha, Isabel Ruth, Joana Bárcia, Filipe Cochofel
Nela Calheiros, a Portuguese designer on the peak of her career Read More »
O Movimento das Coisas (1985) Manuela Serra
Dry Wind / Vento Seco (2020) Daniel Nolasco, Leandro Faria Lelo, Allan Jacinto Santana, Renata Carvalho
The area around Catalan in Brazil’s state of Goiás is dry, very dry. Read More »
The Puppeteer / 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 / 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 »
Lovely Child / 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 »
All the Women in the World / Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1966) Domingos de Oliveira, Leila Diniz, Paulo José, Flávio Migliaccio
Womanizer suddenly finds a woman who makes him change the way he looks at women. Read More »