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In this comic political farce, the protagonist thinks her home in Lisbon on Washington Street is really The White House! Surrounded by female supporters, she proclaims’I am the President of the U.S.A., I can do whatever I want.’ She locks her mother in the basement and on her birthday, throws a huge party in honor of her re-election, while making plans to control the entire world. …The Woman Who Believed She Was President of the United States ( A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente Dos EUA )Read More »
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João Botelho – A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente Dos EUA AKA The Woman Who Believed She Was President of the United States (2003)
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Tiago Guedes – A Herdade AKA The Domain (2019)
2011-2020DramaPortugalTiago GuedesThe chronicle of a Portuguese family that owns one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus. The Domain delves deeply into the secrets of their homestead, portraying the historical, political, economic and social life of Portugal, since the 1940’s to these days.Read More »
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Hiroatsu Suzuki & Rossana Torres – Terra (2018)
2011-2020ArthouseDocumentaryHiroatsu SuzukiPortugalRossana TorresSomewhere in the Alentejo, there are two large earth covered kilns where a man makes charcoal. Essential elements like fire, water, air, earth and space reflect, breathe and celebrate the rhythm of the Earth.Read More »
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Carlos Amaral – Mar Infinito (2021)
2021-2030Carlos AmaralDramaPortugalSci-FiA man who seeks to join the rest of humanity in the colonization of a new planet discovers that his intergalactic journey began much earlier in time.Read More »
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Cristèle Alves Meira – Alma Viva (2022)
2021-2030Cristèle Alves MeiraDramaPortugalPlot: Like every summer, little Salomé returns to a family village in the mountains. Suddenly her beloved grandmother dies. While the adults are fighting over the funeral, Salomé is haunted by the spirit of the one who was considered a witch.Read More »
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João César Monteiro – Passeio com Johnny Guitar AKA A Walk With Johnny Guitar (1995)
1991-2000João César MonteiroPortugalShort FilmJohnny Guitar comes home but God knows where he’s been. He has been wounded in the head though there is no visible injury. An extract of the soundtrack to the film Johnny Guitar has lodged in his brain. It is said that Mr Monteiro, alter ego of John of God, occasionally goes out with Nicholas Ray. At least, they have been seen together.Read More »
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Manoel de Oliveira – Inquietude aka Anxiety (1998)
1991-2000ArthouseDramaManoel de OliveiraPortugalQuote:
Inquietude, also known as Anxiety, is a movie in three parts; a one-act play, a short story, and a fable, bringing them all together brilliantly. It may seem talky at first, but there is some genuine thought going on behind the talk, and some of the images are gorgeous.Read More » -
João Botelho – Aqui na Terra AKA Here on Earth (1993)
1991-2000ArthouseCultJoão BotelhoPortugalQuote:
Miguel is a successful economist until his father’s death plunges him into a strange obscure world of fears, strange sounds and psychological isolation. He quits his job, drifts away from his wife and initiates a process of physical disintegration. He will reach the bottom before he starts seeing the light. As an echo to his journey, we follow, faraway in the countryside, the story of a crime and its redemption, the story of Antonio and Cecilia. From death to the miracle of life, here on earth.Read More » -
Carlos Coelho da Silva – O Crime do Padre Amaro (2005)
2001-2010Carlos Coelho da SilvaDramaPortugalAn young priest commits a crime when he falls in love with a beautiful and troubled woman.Read More »