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Tag Archives: portuguese
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) Bruno Barreto

In a small city of Brazil, Flor (a very good looking woman) marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Read More »
Letters from War (2016) Cartas da Guerra

Based on António Lobo Antunes’s novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer Read More »
Foreign Land (1995) Terra Estrangeira

After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother’s native land. Read More »
The Hero (2004) Zézé Gamboa, Makena Diop, Milton ‘Santo’ Coelho, Maria Ceiça

When he was 15, Vitório was recruited by Angolan army, where he would stay for two decades fighting. Read More »
Finis Hominis / The End of Man (1971) José Mojica Marins, Teresa Sodré, Roque Rodrigues

Stark naked man comes out from the sea and begins to walk the streets, interfering in daily episodes, always in search of justice. Read More »
Past and Present (1972) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Read More »
O Fascínio / The Fascination (2003) José Fonseca e Costa, Vítor Norte, Sylvie Rocha, José Fidalgo

A businessman on the verge of bankruptcy receives an unexpected inheritance: a large farm in Portugal’s southern province of Alentejo. Read More »
Limite (1931) Mario Peixoto, Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor

In a drifting small boat, two women and a man recalls their recent past. Read More »
The Devil Queen / A Rainha Diaba (1974) Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, Milton Gonçalves, Odete Lara, Stepan Nercessian

In Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, the homosexual drug dealer lord Rainha Diaba (Milton Gonçalves) Read More »