
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 »
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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 »
A Grande Feira (1961) Roberto Pires, Geraldo Del Rey, Helena Ignez, Luiza Maranhão

Made in the famous “Água de Meninos” market, the greatest popular market in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Read More »
O Princípio da Incerteza / The Uncertainty Principle (2002) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family. Read More »
A Girl in Summer (1986) Vítor Gonçalves, Isabel Galhardo, Diogo Dória, José Manuel Mendes

Isabel, a girl in her late teens, is unable to determine herself and understand herself – lost in the memory of her late mother Read More »
Sister Dulce: The Angel from Brazil / Irmã Dulce (2014) Vicente Amorim, Regina Braga, Bianca Comparato, Gracindo Júnior

The life of Dulce, a Bahian nun, who guided by her faith dedicated her life to the needy and was beatified by the Vatican. Read More »
So Hard to Forget / Como Esquecer (2010) Malu De Martino, Ana Paula Arósio, Murilo Rosa, Natália Lage

Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life Read More »
Glória (1999) Manuela Viegas, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Raquel Marques, Francisco Relvas

Ivan goes to live with his father, Vicente, the stationmaster, in a small remote village inland Portugal. Read More »