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 »
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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 »
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 »
Mortal Possession The Reincarnation of Sex (1982)
A farmer kills the servant who have sex with his daughter. The soul of the servant haunt the farm along 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 »
Fado, História d’uma Cantadeira / Fado, Story of a Singer (1947) Perdigão Queiroga, Amália Rodrigues, Virgilio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, Drama, Musical, Romance
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a ‘retiro’ (typical fado tavern), public andcritics rend major applause. Read More »
O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra / The Sintra Road Case (2007) Jorge Paixão da Costa, Ivo Canelas, António Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily “Diário de Notícias”. Read More »
Os Três da Vida Airada / The Three Happy-Go-Lucky (1952) Perdigão Queiroga, Milú, António Silva, Eugénio Salvador, Comedy
A typesetter is an amateur stage director, and his niece and an employee are stage actors. When they have an opportunity to go professional, differences arise between the two men. Read More »
A Vizinha do Lado / The Next Door Neighbor (1945) António Lopes Ribeiro, Silvestre Alegrim, Carlos Alves, Emilia D’Oliveira, Comedy
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
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