
A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
Aya Arcos (2014) Maximilian Moll, César Augusto, Daniel Passi, André Vieira

When successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio Read More »
A Portuguesa / The Portuguese Woman (2018) Rita Azevedo Gomes, Clara Riedenstein, Marcello Urgeghe, Ingrid Caven

His home is war. Her home is Portugal. Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten Read More »
Brás Cubas (1985) Júlio Bressane, Karen Acioly, Ankito, Hélio Ary

Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis’s masterpiece “Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas” Read More »
Doomed Love (1979) Manoel de Oliveira, António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Read More »
A Tempestade da Terra / Earth Storm (1998) Fernando D’Almeida e Silva, Maria de Medeiros, João Grosso, Ângelo Torres

Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976. This is the last stop on a journey that begins Read More »
Ivone, a Rainha do Pecado (1984) Francisco Cavalcanti, Dalma Ribas, Zilda Mayo

A woman goes to prison for prostitution and loses contact with her 7-year-old son. Read More »
The Satin Slipper / 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 »
Ainda Estou Aqui / I’m Still Here (2024) Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello

A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary Read More »
A Comédia de Deus / God’s Comedy (1995) João César Monteiro, Cláudia Teixeira, Manuela de Freitas

João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute Read More »