Tag Archives: portuguese

A school inspector travels to the baron’s fiefdom to write a report on a heathen teacher. Read More »

Documentary about Santiago, a strange person who was able to work for the manager as well as his parents as a butler. Read More »

This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. Read More »

This movie is the sequel to “God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun” (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol), and takes place 29 years after Antonio das Mortes killed Corisco (the “Blond Devil”), last of the Cangaceiros. Read More »

A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal. Read More »

Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. Read More »

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. Read More »

On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »

Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims. Read More »

Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown. Read More »