Catarina Avelar

Gigola (2010)

George, a charismatic and adventurous young woman, born from an old, catholic family, falls in love, in her teens, with a female teacher named Sybil. Devastated by her lover's eventual suicide, some years later, George embarks on an exciting and reckless journey to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laure Charpentier
CAST:  Lou Doillon  •  Marie Kremer  •  Eduardo Noriega  •  Thierry Lhermitte

George, a charismatic and adventurous young woman, born from an old, catholic family, falls in love, in her teens, with a female teacher named Sybil. Devastated by her lover's eventual suicide, some years later, George embarks on an exciting and reckless journey to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laure Charpentier
CAST:  Lou Doillon  •  Marie Kremer  •  Eduardo Noriega  •  Thierry Lhermitte

All Is Well (2011)

As the summer of 1980 ends, 16 and 17 year old sisters Maria and Alda flee to Lisbon from Angola?s civil war. In the hands of fate, they must learn to live without money in a foreign city. On the edge of the law, the two have to grow up and become women. When the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pocas Pascoal
CAST:  Cheila Lima  •  Ciomara Morais  •  Willion Brandão  •  Vera Cruz

As the summer of 1980 ends, 16 and 17 year old sisters Maria and Alda flee to Lisbon from Angola?s civil war. In the hands of fate, they must learn to live without money in a foreign city. On the edge of the law, the two have to grow up and become women. When the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pocas Pascoal
CAST:  Cheila Lima  •  Ciomara Morais  •  Willion Brandão  •  Vera Cruz

O Segredo das Pedras Vivas (2016)

In an isolated village of the Alentejo region, a conflict arises. José Vitorino, one of the landowners of the region, rich in prehistoric monuments, wants to build a luxurious solarium in lands filled with ancient rocks, places of devotion and sacred rituals. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  António de Macedo
CAST:  Manuel Cavaco  •  Rui Pedro  •  Eugénia Bettencourt  •  Helena Isabel

In an isolated village of the Alentejo region, a conflict arises. José Vitorino, one of the landowners of the region, rich in prehistoric monuments, wants to build a luxurious solarium in lands filled with ancient rocks, places of devotion and sacred rituals. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  António de Macedo
CAST:  Manuel Cavaco  •  Rui Pedro  •  Eugénia Bettencourt  •  Helena Isabel

The Curse of Marialva (1991)

A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors in the Lusitanian mountains, only to loose his possessions through the mysterious workings of a woman from parts unknown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  António de Macedo
CAST:  Lídia Franco  •  Carlos Daniel  •  Carlos Santos  •  Catarina Avelar

A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors in the Lusitanian mountains, only to loose his possessions through the mysterious workings of a woman from parts unknown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  António de Macedo
CAST:  Lídia Franco  •  Carlos Daniel  •  Carlos Santos  •  Catarina Avelar

Aqui D'El Rei! (1992)

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the great regulative Governor Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty  (more)

DIRECTION:  António-Pedro Vasconcelos
CAST:  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Arnaud Giovaninetti  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Julie Sergeant

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the great regulative Governor Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty  (more)

DIRECTION:  António-Pedro Vasconcelos
CAST:  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Arnaud Giovaninetti  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Julie Sergeant

Paraíso Perdido (1995)

Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Seixas Santos
CAST:  Maria de Medeiros  •  Rui Mendes  •  Manuela de Freitas  •  Carlos Daniel

Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Seixas Santos
CAST:  Maria de Medeiros  •  Rui Mendes  •  Manuela de Freitas  •  Carlos Daniel

Fátima (1997)

1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrizio Costa
CAST:  Diogo Infante  •  Catarina Furtado  •  Randi Ingerman  •  Vanessa Antunes

1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrizio Costa
CAST:  Diogo Infante  •  Catarina Furtado  •  Randi Ingerman  •  Vanessa Antunes

As Ruínas no Interior (1977)

During World War II, during a misty morning, near a fishermen's village, four children come across two RAF pilots ejected from a plane that crashed in the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José de Sá Caetano
CAST:  Françoise Ariel  •  Keith James  •  Brian Ralph  •  Jacinto Ramos

During World War II, during a misty morning, near a fishermen's village, four children come across two RAF pilots ejected from a plane that crashed in the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José de Sá Caetano
CAST:  Françoise Ariel  •  Keith James  •  Brian Ralph  •  Jacinto Ramos

Vidas a Crédito (2012)

Sofia is a big spender so she frequently abuses of the credit card. When her husband is fired, she is forced to change her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  António Borges Correia
CAST:  Cristina Homem de Mello  •  Philippe Leroux  •  Catarina Avelar  •  Inês Curado

Sofia is a big spender so she frequently abuses of the credit card. When her husband is fired, she is forced to change her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  António Borges Correia
CAST:  Cristina Homem de Mello  •  Philippe Leroux  •  Catarina Avelar  •  Inês Curado

A Viagem do Senhor Ulisses (2012)

The story of an old man who does not settle for being abandoned by his own son in a hospital, venturing with the company of a rebellious teenager in a long and troubled way in search of the family, in which will also find a new life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Queiroga
CAST:  Rui Mendes  •  Catarina Avelar  •  Mafalda Tavares  •  Adriano Carvalho

The story of an old man who does not settle for being abandoned by his own son in a hospital, venturing with the company of a rebellious teenager in a long and troubled way in search of the family, in which will also find a new life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Queiroga
CAST:  Rui Mendes  •  Catarina Avelar  •  Mafalda Tavares  •  Adriano Carvalho