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Tag Archives: Rita Blanco
Get a Life / Ganhar a vida (2001) João Canijo, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga
During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between Read More »
Lovely Child / Filha da Mãe (1990) João Canijo, José Wilker, Rita Blanco, Lídia Franco
The bitch is called Maria and she is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. Read More »
The Fatalist (2005) João Botelho, Rogério Samora, André Gomes, Rita Blanco, Suzana Borges
Everything good or bad that happens to us “down here” is written “up there”. Read More »
Tráfico / Traffic (1998) João Botelho, Joaquim Oliveira, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Branca de Camargo, Comedy
It all begins when an average family (slightly chilly because they’re forced to take their vacation out of season) is struck by good fortune.
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Noite Escura / In the Darkness of the Night (2004) João Canijo, Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Drama, Crime
João Canijo latest movie adapts a Greek tragedy “Ifigénia en Aulis” to a provincial Portuguese family that has to deal with the Russian Mafia after a deal went wrong. In a place where everything is bought and sold even the youngest daughter may have to be offered for prostitution to make up for a deal that went terribly wrong. “Noite Escura” deals with the emotions of a small family that runs a provincial whorehouse, having to sell their youngest in order to survive.
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