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Tag Archives: portuguese
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 »
The Xango from Baker Street / O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) Miguel Faria Jr., Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros

Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
Those Whom Death Refused (1988) Flora Gomes, Bia Gomes, Tunu Eugenio Almada, Mamadu Uri Balde

The story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. Read More »