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Francisca (1981)

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manoel de Oliveira
CAST:  Teresa Menezes  •  Diogo Dória  •  Mário Barroso  •  Nuno Carinhas

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manoel de Oliveira
CAST:  Teresa Menezes  •  Diogo Dória  •  Mário Barroso  •  Nuno Carinhas

Hard Times (1988)

A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Botelho
CAST:  Henrique Viana  •  Júlia Britton  •  Eunice Muñoz  •  Ruy Furtado

A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Botelho
CAST:  Henrique Viana  •  Júlia Britton  •  Eunice Muñoz  •  Ruy Furtado

DotCom (2007)

A small village in Portugal, Águas-Altas, is being sued by a Spanish multinational corporation because the village hosts a website that uses the same name as an international brand of mineral water. A judicial battle for website begins, that quickly turned in to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luís Galvão Teles
CAST:  João Tempera  •  María Adánez  •  Marco Delgado  •  Isabel Abreu

A small village in Portugal, Águas-Altas, is being sued by a Spanish multinational corporation because the village hosts a website that uses the same name as an international brand of mineral water. A judicial battle for website begins, that quickly turned in to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luís Galvão Teles
CAST:  João Tempera  •  María Adánez  •  Marco Delgado  •  Isabel Abreu

Doomed Love (1979)

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manoel de Oliveira
CAST:  António Sequeira Lopes  •  Cristina Hauser  •  Elsa Wallencamp  •  António Costa

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manoel de Oliveira
CAST:  António Sequeira Lopes  •  Cristina Hauser  •  Elsa Wallencamp  •  António Costa

No Trace of Sin (1983)

A young man from a high-bourgeois family, Henrique receives mysterious phone calls from a woman at the barracks where he is serving in the military, which attracts him to meetings without consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Fonseca e Costa
CAST:  Victoria Abril  •  Saul Santos  •  Armando Cortez  •  João Perry

A young man from a high-bourgeois family, Henrique receives mysterious phone calls from a woman at the barracks where he is serving in the military, which attracts him to meetings without consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Fonseca e Costa
CAST:  Victoria Abril  •  Saul Santos  •  Armando Cortez  •  João Perry

Índice Médio de Felicidade (2017)

Daniel had a plan, a sort of journal of the future, written in a notebook. Sometimes he went back to rectify small things, but still, life seemed pretty easy and happiness too. But, all of a sudden, everything changed for the worse: Portugal collapsed and Daniel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquim Leitão
CAST:  Marco D'Almeida  •  Dinarte de Freitas  •  Ana Marta Contente  •  Lia Gama

Daniel had a plan, a sort of journal of the future, written in a notebook. Sometimes he went back to rectify small things, but still, life seemed pretty easy and happiness too. But, all of a sudden, everything changed for the worse: Portugal collapsed and Daniel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquim Leitão
CAST:  Marco D'Almeida  •  Dinarte de Freitas  •  Ana Marta Contente  •  Lia Gama

Ainda Não Acabámos: Como Se Fosse Uma Carta (2016)

A walk for half a century, yes, a letter perhaps. Travels in my life, I could call it, which I like Garrett so much. A traveling as he would like, a loose story, memories, projects, meetings. Also because, since 1995, I have done several portraits of artists ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Silva Melo
CAST:  Jorge Silva Melo  •  Rita Brütt  •  Miguel Borges  •  Catarina Wallenstein

A walk for half a century, yes, a letter perhaps. Travels in my life, I could call it, which I like Garrett so much. A traveling as he would like, a loose story, memories, projects, meetings. Also because, since 1995, I have done several portraits of artists ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Silva Melo
CAST:  Jorge Silva Melo  •  Rita Brütt  •  Miguel Borges  •  Catarina Wallenstein

Alto Bairro (2014)

In Lisbon 1950, John, 13, decides to invade the neighborhood of prostitutes, nobility and sailors, starting a new stage in his life. Today this neighborhood is reflected in a scattered public debate centered on its night life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rui Simões
CAST:  Lia Gama  •  Henrique Gil  •  Carla Bolito  •  Marina Albuquerque

In Lisbon 1950, John, 13, decides to invade the neighborhood of prostitutes, nobility and sailors, starting a new stage in his life. Today this neighborhood is reflected in a scattered public debate centered on its night life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rui Simões
CAST:  Lia Gama  •  Henrique Gil  •  Carla Bolito  •  Marina Albuquerque

A Filha (2003)

Ricardo Monteiro is a successful television producer specialising in reality shows. He is 45 years old and he has just received an award for the most popular television show of the year, when he receives an ultimatum from his 18-year-old daughter Leonor. If he does ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Solveig Nordlund
CAST:  Nuno Melo  •  Joana Bárcia  •  Margarida Marinho  •  Cecília Guimarães

Ricardo Monteiro is a successful television producer specialising in reality shows. He is 45 years old and he has just received an award for the most popular television show of the year, when he receives an ultimatum from his 18-year-old daughter Leonor. If he does ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Solveig Nordlund
CAST:  Nuno Melo  •  Joana Bárcia  •  Margarida Marinho  •  Cecília Guimarães

A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA (2003)

Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Botelho
CAST:  Alexandra Lencastre  •  Rita Blanco  •  Laura Soveral  •  Helena Vieira

Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Botelho
CAST:  Alexandra Lencastre  •  Rita Blanco  •  Laura Soveral  •  Helena Vieira

Rage (2018)

Alentejo, Portugal, 1950. In a desolate region, where the wind seems to speak, where misery and hunger reign over poorest, a desperate man takes his revenge on those who caused his ruin during the darkest night, unable to get honestly the bread needed to feed his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Tréfaut
CAST:  Sergi López  •  Adriano Luz  •  Hugo Bentes  •  Luís Miguel Cintra

Alentejo, Portugal, 1950. In a desolate region, where the wind seems to speak, where misery and hunger reign over poorest, a desperate man takes his revenge on those who caused his ruin during the darkest night, unable to get honestly the bread needed to feed his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Tréfaut
CAST:  Sergi López  •  Adriano Luz  •  Hugo Bentes  •  Luís Miguel Cintra

The Holy Alliance (1980)

In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Geada
CAST:  Io Appolloni  •  Lia Gama  •  Henrique Viana  •  Helena Isabel

In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eduardo Geada
CAST:  Io Appolloni  •  Lia Gama  •  Henrique Viana  •  Helena Isabel

Oxalá (1981)

A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  António-Pedro Vasconcelos
CAST:  Manuel Baeta Neves  •  Marta Reynolds  •  Laura Soveral  •  Judith Magre

A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  António-Pedro Vasconcelos
CAST:  Manuel Baeta Neves  •  Marta Reynolds  •  Laura Soveral  •  Judith Magre

Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte (1981)

Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Matos Silva
CAST:  Manuel Cavaco  •  Maria Emília Correia  •  Lia Gama  •  Luís Lucas

Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Matos Silva
CAST:  Manuel Cavaco  •  Maria Emília Correia  •  Lia Gama  •  Luís Lucas

Chronicle of Good Hoodlums (1984)

This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Lopes
CAST:  Nicolau Breyner  •  Maria do Céu Guerra  •  João Perry  •  Paulo de Carvalho

This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Lopes
CAST:  Nicolau Breyner  •  Maria do Céu Guerra  •  João Perry  •  Paulo de Carvalho

Má Sina (1996)

In an empty theatre, a woman is watching an American film - "Ma's Sin" - which tells the weird revenge story of a middle-aged wife, driven mad by jealousy and a deep feer of dying. During the screening, the viewer's fantasies embodied in male characters harass her. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saguenail
CAST:  António Durães  •  Né Barros  •  Lia Gama  •  Sara Deus Monteiro

In an empty theatre, a woman is watching an American film - "Ma's Sin" - which tells the weird revenge story of a middle-aged wife, driven mad by jealousy and a deep feer of dying. During the screening, the viewer's fantasies embodied in male characters harass her. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saguenail
CAST:  António Durães  •  Né Barros  •  Lia Gama  •  Sara Deus Monteiro

Requiem (1998)

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Tanner
CAST:  Francis Frappat  •  André Marcon  •  Márcia Breia  •  Zita Duarte

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Tanner
CAST:  Francis Frappat  •  André Marcon  •  Márcia Breia  •  Zita Duarte

Bad (2000)

Concerns an Irish woman, Cathy (Pauline Cadell), who dearly loves her Portuguese lawyer husband, Pedro (Rui Morisson); however, unbeknownst to her, he engages in one tryst after another. Cathy soon finds herself trying to help a young delinquent get off heroin, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Seixas Santos
CAST:  Pauline Cadell  •  Alexandre Pinto  •  Lia Gama  •  Zita Duarte

Concerns an Irish woman, Cathy (Pauline Cadell), who dearly loves her Portuguese lawyer husband, Pedro (Rui Morisson); however, unbeknownst to her, he engages in one tryst after another. Cathy soon finds herself trying to help a young delinquent get off heroin, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Seixas Santos
CAST:  Pauline Cadell  •  Alexandre Pinto  •  Lia Gama  •  Zita Duarte

Antonio, a boy in Lisbon (2002)

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Silva Melo
CAST:  Manuel Wiborg  •  Lia Gama  •  Sylvie Rocha  •  Paulo Claro

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Silva Melo
CAST:  Manuel Wiborg  •  Lia Gama  •  Sylvie Rocha  •  Paulo Claro

Seven Bullets for Selma (1967)

World peace is at stake if a spy-ring obtains the electronic device  (more)

DIRECTION:  António de Macedo
CAST:  Florbela Queirós  •  Sinde Filipe  •  Lia Gama  •  Tomás de Macedo

World peace is at stake if a spy-ring obtains the electronic device  (more)

DIRECTION:  António de Macedo
CAST:  Florbela Queirós  •  Sinde Filipe  •  Lia Gama  •  Tomás de Macedo
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