Pedro Hestnes
Pedro Hestnes Ferreira (Lisbon, 1962 — Lisbon, 20 June 2011) was a Portuguese actor. Collaborations with Pedro Costa, Paulo Rocha or Manuel Mozos are standouts in his prolific career.
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Combat d'amour en songe
A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of the unbelievers to the Christian faith. Retired nuns who open a brothel, to pay the running costs of the convent. These rather ironic paradoxes turn this fairytale into a philosophical fable.
Capitães de Abril
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Docteur Chance
Angstel trades in forged paintings, under the guidance of his mother, Milady. Their network extends into other murky affairs, provoking the wrath of a rival gang. Angstel falls in love with Ancetta, a prostitute, and flees with her to the north of Chile. - IFFR
Casa de Lava
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.
Xavier
Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
O Sangue
Vicente, 17, lives with his little brother Nino and their sick father in a rundown house. Their mother is gone. One day, their father leaves for good, and the two brothers decide to keep it a secret. It's their secret.
Tempos Difíceis
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.