Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who’s accused of political crimes. Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho / The Way He Looks (2014) Daniel Ribeiro, Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim, Drama, Romance
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. Read More »
Anahy de las Misiones (1997) Sérgio Silva, Araci Esteves, Marcos Palmeira, Dira Paes, Drama, War
Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead. Read More »
Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica / Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch (2006) José Fonseca e Costa, Bianca Byington, Cucha Carvalheiro, José Raposo, Comedy, Drama
In the late 19th century, the life of an aristocratic Lady, divided between love and patrimony, as she marries and becomes a widow yet again. Read More »
Corpo / Body (2007) Rossana Foglia, Rubens Rewald, Regiane Alves, Rejane Arruda, Louise Cardoso, Drama, Thriller
A Sao Paolo forensic pathologist who fights boredom by dreaming up causes of death for those who have yet to pass away is called on to examine a most atypical corpse in this mystery from co-directors/co-screenwriters Rossana Foglia and Rubens Rewald. Read More »
The Lion Has Seven Heads / Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças (1970) Glauber Rocha, Rada Rassimov, Giulio Brogi, Gabriele Tinti, Drama
A Latin-American insurgent and a black leader join forces to free an African nation. Read More »
Vale Abraão / Abraham’s Valley (1993) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Drama
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father’s friend. Read More »
Cartas da Guerra / Letters from War (2016) Ivo Ferreira, Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova, Ricardo Pereira, Drama
Based on António Lobo Antunes’s novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer Read More »
Mudar de vida / Change One’s Life (1966) Paulo Rocha, Geraldo Del Rey, Isabel Ruth, Maria Barroso, Drama
After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. Read More »
Máscara de Aço contra Abismo Azul / Mask of Steel Versus Blue Abyss (1989) Paulo Rocha, Fernando Heitor, Inês de Medeiros, Vítor Norte, Biography
In Máscara de Aço contra Abismo Azul (Mask of Steel Versus Blue Abyss), Paulo Rocha does a surprising “collage” about the Portuguese modernism, centered in Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. Read More »
O Homem Que Copiava / The Man Who Copied (2003) Jorge Furtado, Lázaro Ramos, Renata de Lélis, Sérgio Lulkin, Comedy, Crime, Drama
André, relatively poor, falls in love with Silvia, a neighbor whom he spies with a telescope. Read More »
Mortal Possession The Reincarnation of Sex (1982) Luiz Castellini, Patrícia Scalvi, Roberto Miranda, Lia Farrel, Horror, Erotic
A farmer kills the servant who have sex with his daughter.The soul of the servant haunt the farm along the years inducing the residents to have sex and kill. Read More »
Jubiabá (1986) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Julien Guiomar, Charles Baiano, Drama
A white girl and a black boy grow up together in the same house. When he is thrown out of the house after a misunderstanding, the two ceaselessly look for each other. Read More »
O Costa do Castelo (1943) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Maria Matos, Milú, Comedy, Romance
This is a most entertaining movie that is made better by the outstanding performance of Antonio Silva. Read More »
Duplo Exilio / Double Exile (2001) Artur Ribeiro, John Gardner, Joana Seixas, Diana Costa e Silva, Drama
David Santo was born in Portugal, in the Atlantic islands of the Azores, and was five months old at the time his parents immigrated to the US. Read More »