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Films from the country "portugal", sorted by name
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Belarmino (1964)
, 1h20Directed by Fernando Lopes
Origin Portugal
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Belarmino comprises two strands: an experiential and an interview strand, and constantly alternates between the two. Although these are carefully intertwined on both the sound and image track, they can be separated for ease of discussion.
Belle Toujours (2006)
, 1h8Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Leonor Baldaque, Ricardo Trêpa, Ricardo Trêpa
Severine and Henri are reunited decades after their earlier encounter in Luis Buñuel's 1967 film, Belle de Jour. Severine is reluctant to see Henri again, yet he is adamant about seeing her again. She resents that by seeing her former blackmailer she has to confront her past of adultery and prostitution. Nevertheless she is curious to know whether Henri revealed her secret life to her paralysed doctor husband as he was dying.
Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)
, 1h52Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Maria Barroso
Bissau d'Isabel (2005)
, 52minutesDirected by Sana Na N'Hada
Origin Portugal
Genres Documentary
En Guinée-Bissau, il existe à peu près vingt-et-un groupes ethniques aux traditions et dialectes totalement différents. À travers Isabel, le personnage de ce film, et sa vie quotidienne, nous découvrons Bissau, une ville en effervescence permanente où grandit un fort désir d’avenir.
Snow White (2000)
, 1h15Directed by João César Monteiro
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Rita Durão, João César Monteiro
Le film s'ouvre sur des photos du corps de Robert Walser mort dans la neige. Ensuite il fait entendre, sur un écran noir, des dialogues adaptés du Blanche Neige de Robert Walser, le premier étant un dialogue entre Blanche-Neige et la reine qui vient de l'empoisonner. Ces dialogues sur écran noir sont séparés par des intermèdes constitués d'images de nuages sur un ciel bleu, d'images blanches ou d'un plan de chantier de fouilles archéologiques. Le film se clôt sur un plan muet de João César Monteiro.
Brandos Costumes (1975)
, 1h15Directed by Alberto Seixas Santos
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Actors Isabel de Castro
A portrait of the everyday life of a typical middle-class family in parallel with the fall of the Estado Novo, the 48-year dictatorship led by Salazar. The daughters' conflicts and frustrations with their parents, their grandmother and their maid find an obvious echo in the country's collective events. The Carnation Revolution is about to explode.
Mists (2003)
, 1h18Directed by Ricardo Costa
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Documentary
Back to his birthplace (Peniche, a Portuguese fishermen town) more than fifty years after he saw Maria José, who used to be a maid at his parents’ house, when he was a child, the “hero” (the film director) meets her again in the summer of 2011. She is now a mother, grandmother and a great grandmother, with the sea embedded in her soul.
Camões (1946)
, 1h58Directed by José Leitão de Barros
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Antonio Vilar, Eunice Muñoz, Leonor Maia, António Silva
A Canção da Saudade (1964)
, 1h35Directed by Henrique Campos
Origin Portugal
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Ismael Merlo, Soledad Miranda, Simone de Oliveira, Nicolau Breyner, Alberto Ribeiro, Madalena Iglésias
A father and son get into conflict because of their different musical styles.
Black Cloaks (1947)
, 1h43Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Amália Rodrigues, Alberto Ribeiro
April Captains (2000)
, 2h3Directed by Maria de Medeiros
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Frédéric Pierrot, Fele Martínez, Emmanuel Salinger
The film opens on the evening of 24 April 1974, as a young conscript soldier (Daniel) kisses farewell to his girlfriend (Rosa) before boarding a train from Lisbon back to his Army base at Santarem. Both are fearful that he will be sent to fight in the Portuguese Colonial War. Late and depressed, Rosa then travels by tram to Antonia's flat to babysit for her daughter Amelia. On arriving back (late) at his base, Daniel is oblivious to the imminent coup. Captain Salgueiro Maia arrests the base commander at gunpoint and orders the soldiers to assemble on parade in the middle of the night; he asks them to come with him to Lisbon to overthrow the government. Maia's erudite but cynical and cautious colleague Major Gervasio refuses to take part, as does Lieutenant Lobão.
The Portuguese Falcon (2015)
Origin Portugal
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Miguel Guilherme, Bruno Nogueira, Nuno Lopes
The film is set in Portugal during the 1960s.
Down to Earth (1995)
, 1h50Directed by Pedro Costa
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Isaac de Bankolé, Édith Scob, Inês de Medeiros, Luís Miguel Cintra, Isabel de Castro
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.
Casanova Variations (2014)
, 1h58Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about writers
Actors John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Fanny Ardant, Victoria Guerra, Lola Naymark
Casanova a accepté la proposition du duc de Waldstein : il est bibliothécaire du château de Dux, en Bohême. En fin de vie, il s’est mis à y écrire ses Mémoires. C’est là qu’il reçoit la visite d’Elisa von der Recke, qui s’intéresse de près à son manuscrit. Casanova ne reconnaît pas dans les traits de cette femme pleine de charme une jeune fille qu’il avait séduite jadis et qui avait voulu mourir pour lui. Pour le fameux libertin, l’arrivée d’Elisa est à la fois stimulante, l’occasion de se lancer un nouveau défi (celui de la conquérir), et menaçante (il s’interroge sur la motivation de la voyageuse).
Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
, 2h27Directed by Miguel Gomes
Origin Portugal
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Miguel Gomes
Au cœur du d'une région montagneuse du Portugal, un réalisateur et son équipe filment une intrigue sentimentale : une jeune fille aime son cousin. Le père de celle-ci s'oppose à cette idylle.