4 hectares of ground are the gardens that surround the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
Um Caso de Polícia (1959) Carla Civelli, Renato Consorte, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Mara di Carlo
Belinha is worried about violence. When she hears a conversation about the murder Read More »
Orgia ou O Homem Que Deu Cria (1970) João Silvério Trevisan, Fernando Benini, Jean-Claude Bernardet, Marcelino Buru
A countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. Read More »
Por que Você não Chora? (2020) Cibele Amaral, Bárbara Paz, Carolina Monte Rosa, Elisa Lucinda
“Why don’t you cry?” addresses the delicate topic of suicide. Read More »
The Satin Slipper AKA Le soulier de satin (1985) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk, Anne Consigny
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman Read More »
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma AKA Cristóvão Colombo – O Enigma (2007) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
From the 1940’s to today, Manuel Luciano has tried to discover the true identity of Christopher Columbus. Read More »
Just Peter AKA Pedro Só (1972) Alfredo Tropa, António Montez, Ermelinda Duarte, Jorge Ramalho
Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between Read More »
Master, a Building in Copacabana AKA Edifício Master (2002) Eduardo Coutinho, Fernando José
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana Read More »
Cinco vezes Favela – Pedreira de São Diogo (1962) Leon Hirszman, Flávio Migliaccio
The short is part of the feature film Cinco Vezes Favela, one of the first films of Cinema Novo. Read More »
Brazilian Planet of the Apes AKA O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos (1976) J.B. Tanko, Renato Aragão, Baiaco, Renato Bastos
This movie is a spoof of “Planet of the Apes” (1968) and follows the storyline Read More »
The Man of the Crowd AKA O Homem das Multidões (2013) Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães, Paulo André, Sílvia Lourenço, Jean-Claude Bernardet
Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the same name, Marcelo Gomes Read More »
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation AKA O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (2006) Cao Hamburger, Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Daniela Piepszyk
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry Read More »
Operation Autumn AKA Operação Outono (2012) Bruno de Almeida, John Ventimiglia, Diogo Dória, Nuno Lopes
Operation Autumn is a political “thriller” about the covert operation of the assassination Read More »
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures AKA Cinema Aspirinas e Urubus (2005) Marcelo Gomes, João Miguel, Peter Ketnath, Madalena Accioly
A road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin. Read More »
The Dauphin AKA O Delfim (2002) Fernando Lopes, Rogério Samora, Alexandra Lencastre, Rui Morisson
Portugal, late sixties. Tomás Palma Bravo, the Dauphin, is the heir to a world in decay. Read More »