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Tag Archives: portuguese
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 »
O Homem Que Copiava / The Man Who Copied (2003) Jorge Furtado, Lázaro Ramos, Renata de Lélis, Sérgio Lulkin
André, relatively poor, falls in love with Silvia, a neighbor whom he spies with a telescope. Read More »
Ventos de Agosto / August Winds (2014) Gabriel Mascaro, Dandara de Morais, Geová Manoel Dos Santos, Maria Salvino Dos Santos
The August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues. Read More »
O Processo do Rei / The King’s Trial (1990) João Mário Grilo, Carlos Daniel, Aurelle Doazan, Antonino Solmer
At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança Read More »
The Man of the Crowd / 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 »
Bar Esperança (1983) Hugo Carvana
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro Read More »