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Tabu

Tabu

Miguel Gomes 2012 2h 8.8

When Pilar's befriended neighbour Aurora dies, Pilar starts to dig into Aurora's past and learns about Aurora's very tragic love story.

O Delfim

O Delfim

Fernando Lopes 2002 1h 28m 7.0

Based on José Cardoso Pires' novel, O Delfim shows a rotten country, full of feudal lords who dominate its territory with dictatorship. One of them is Tomás da Palma Bravo, also known as O Delfim.

O Sangue

O Sangue

Pedro Costa 1989 1h 35m 7.0

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.

O Último Mergulho

O Último Mergulho

João César Monteiro 1992 1h 28m

Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing, giving him a hot meal and bringing him to a seedy night club to introduce him to Esperanca, who is said to be the most beautiful sex worker in Lisbon—and is also Eloi’s daughter.

Vai~E~Vem

Vai~E~Vem

João César Monteiro 2003 2h 48m

Actors read passages from Robert Walser's play "Snow White."

As Bodas de Deus

As Bodas de Deus

João César Monteiro 1999 2h 30m

After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado

Miguel Gomes 2015 2h 12m

Continuation of the Arabian Nights stories by the structure were adapted to modern life in Portugal in three innings and the third chapter "The Owners of Dixie" has three chapters.

Capitães de Abril

Capitães de Abril

Maria de Medeiros 2000 2h 3m

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.

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto

Miguel Gomes 2015 2h 5m

Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado

As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado

Miguel Gomes 2015 2h 6m

The final trilogy of adaptation of Arabian Nights story by the structure in Portugal modern life between 2013-2014 in three chapters.

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

François Girard 1993 1h 33m

A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

A Maldição de Marialva

A Maldição de Marialva

António de Macedo 1991 1h 22m

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.

Aqui D'El Rei!

Aqui D'El Rei!

António-Pedro Vasconcelos 1992 3h 8m

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty. Mouzinho instantly becomes a national hero but his raising popularity worries the State.

Belle toujours

Belle toujours

Manoel de Oliveira 2006 1h 5m 6.5

Deux des personnages étranges du film de Luis Buñuel, Belle de jour retraversent –trente-huit ans après– le mystère d’un secret que seul le personnage masculin détient et dont la révélation est essentielle au personnage féminin. Ils se croisent à nouveau. Elle essaie à tous prix de l’éviter. Mais lui insiste et tente de la convaincre de le revoir.

D'Est

D'Est

Chantal Akerman 1993 1h 55m

In this incisive dispatch from the newly collapsed Soviet empire, bullet holes from WWII still pockmark the old stone buildings.

El auge del humano

El auge del humano

Eduardo Williams 2017 1h 36m

Buenos Aires. Exe, 25 years old, has just lost his job and is not looking for another one. His neighbors and friends seem as odd to him as they always do. Online, he meets Alf, a boy from Mozambique who is also bored with his job and who is about to follow Archie, another boy who has run away into the jungle.

Frágil Como o Mundo

Frágil Como o Mundo

Rita Azevedo Gomes 2001 1h 31m

An impossible love. Two young people who love each other. Vera and João can’t find in this life the space, time, or identity to resolve their love story.

La luna negra

La luna negra

Imanol Uribe 1990 1h 21m

After experiencing a series of traumatic, seemingly unrelated, accidents, Eva begins to notice that her daughter Luna is behaving in increasingly strange ways.

La maschera del demonio

La maschera del demonio

Lamberto Bava 1990 1h 34m 4.0

Skiers in Northern Italy unwittingly awaken an ancient witch after removing her mask in a crevasse. Their actions unleash a curse, leading to terrifying consequences.

Manoel dans l'île des merveilles

Manoel dans l'île des merveilles

Raúl Ruiz 1984 2h 32m

When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually himself several years down the road.

O Princípio da Incerteza

O Princípio da Incerteza

Manoel de Oliveira 2002 2h 13m

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

O Som da Terra a Tremer

O Som da Terra a Tremer

Rita Azevedo Gomes 1990 1h 33m

Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the breath of frost. The poem by Carlos Queiroz to which the above sentences belong is not cited in 'O som da Terra a Tremer', but the atmosphere is that, between written letters never received.

Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes

Teresa Villaverde 1998 1h 53m

Three homeless teenage rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.

Trás-os-Montes

Trás-os-Montes

António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro 1976 1h 48m

The first feature in António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro’s trilogy is a journey through this almost mythical region of north-east Portugal, a tapestry of micronarratives where past, present and future become intertwined.

Udju Azul di Yonta

Udju Azul di Yonta

Flora Gomes 1992 1h 30m

A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, a hero of the war of independence. Vicente is unaware of her passion as she is of the love of a young man who sends her anonymous love letters.

Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

Pedro Costa 2003 1h 44m

Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Costa records with great sensitivity and insight the exacting process by which the two re-edit their film Sicilia!, discussing and arguing over each cut and its effect.

Xavier

Xavier

Manuel Mozos 1991 1h 30m

Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.