The August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues. Read More »
Tag Archives: portuguese
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, Marília Pêra, Paulo César Peréio
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro Read More »
Menino de Engenho / Plantation Boy (1965)
In Brazil in the 1920s, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. Read More »
Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
The gang composed by small-time thieves from the slum and leaded by the criminal Tião Medonho (Eliezer Gomes) Read More »
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965) Luís Sérgio Person
In São Paulo, Carlos leaves his wife Luciana and his son seeking a new beginning of his life. Read More »
The Dance of the Paroxysms (1929) Jorge Brum do Canto
A surreal short film in which a young man embarks on a journey through villages and the countryside. Read More »
A Costa dos Murmúrios / The Murmuring Coast (2004)
During the war of in-dependency Evita (Beatriz Batarda) moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís (Filipe Duarte). Read More »
Bacurau (2019) Juliano Dornelles, Bárbara Colen
After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village Read More »