PORTUGAL Movies

Os Imortais 2003 Every year, four ex soldiers who call themselves Os Imortais The Immortals, get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war On the summer of 1985, tired of their monotonous lives, they decide to rob a bank Joaquim Malarranha, a ch

Listen 2020 In the London suburbs, Bela and Jota face serious difficulties when social services raise concerns about the safety of their three children The 7 year old daughters deafness triggers a process in the system that seems to go on forever

Living Bad 2023 Five women are running an old hotel Guests arrive over the course of a weekend and are drawn into a web of ongoing conflict

Magic Mirror 2005 Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Florido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin Mary Now comes this rich land owner with her sublime pretensions Isnt it enough for her to have a

They Shot the Piano Player 2023 New York, 2010 Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenorio Junior, a young Brazilian samba jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976

Lovely, Dark, and Deep 2023 Lennon, a new back country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child

Turn of the Tide 2023 Four friends whose lives changed forever with the arrival of a ton of cocaine

The Infernal Machine 2022 Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier Cogburns search for who is behind

Gloria 2021 A Small Village in Ribatejo, became an unlikely Cold War stage where American and Soviet forces fought through dangerous sabotage maneuvers to achieve control of Europe At the center of this story is Joao Vidal, a young man from a family with connections in the Portuguese Fascist Regime,

As Mil e Uma Noites Volume 2 O Desolado 2015 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

As Mil e Uma Noites Volume 1 O Inquieto 2015 Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic

Monogamish 2014 Recovering from a very public divorce, independent filmmaker and Italian Prince Tao Ruspoli takes to the road to talk to his relatives, advice columnists, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, philosophers, sex workers, sex therapists, and ordinary couples about love,

Cabaret Maxime (2018) A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.

Os Verdes Anos (1963) 19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the shop he gets to know Ilda, a young housemaid and regular customer. Ilda is pretty, joyful

Mudar de Vida (1966) After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. He makes advances towards his sister-in-law, but she turns him down. Discouraged, the man meets a new girlfriend who vows to escape the town's crushing poverty even

Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001) Two directors struggle to survive in the movie industry.

Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura (2009) On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he's just met. In flashbacks he arrives in Lisbon to work as an accountant and a broker for his uncle. From his office window, he sees a young woman, Luísa: he's intrigued and find

Sefarad (2019) In 1496, King D. Manuel prohibited Judaism. 400 years later, Barros Basto, a Portuguese army captain converted to Judaism, and about twenty Jewish merchants founded the Jewish Community of Oporto, in the north of Portugal.

Posthumous Memories (2001) Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.

Three Lives and Only One Death (1996) Take a walk into the weird world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisted ride. A man who shares four names and four personalities (which is the real one?) is the link between four different, yet similar, stories involving love, lust, crime,

Sex Is Comedy (2002) Jeanne is a director struggling with a difficult sex scene between two actors who can't stand each other. Aided by her loyal assistant Leo, Jeanne is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise. Inspired by Breillat's own experiences (particularly those in "Fat Girl"

Liberté (2019) Madame de Dumeval, the Duke de Tesis and the Duke de Wand, libertines expelled from the court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the Duc de Walchen, German seducer and freethinker, lonely in a country where hypocrisy and false virtue reign.

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972) Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly dispatches the vampire Count. Next day, however, Dr. Frankenstein arriv

Dont Read This on a Plane (2020)

Fatima (2020) A trial of faith unfolds at the apex of World War I, when secrets are revealed to 3 courageous Portuguese children through a series of apparitions, while their doubting family and aggressive government officials try to silence them from sharing these messages that will change the world

Facing Windows (2003) Giovanna is a bookkeeper in a company which packs chickens. She is married to a man who has a precarious job. First she starts being curious about a young man who lives in the block opposite hers, and then she falls in love with him. The relationship between the two becomes muc

Out in the Open (2019) In a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom.

Road to Red (2020) Disillusioned with life, skateboard champion Paul McGuiness sets off on a personal quest to re-invent himself, and the sport of skateboarding. His dream is to bring back the style and elegance of surfing into the art of skateboarding... a spiritual mission to "Regain the Stoke". H

And when I die, I wont stay dead (2015) A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity's moral survival.

Summertime Killer (1972) A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the now-grown boy begins to track down and eliminate the men who did it, determined to wipe out the entire gang. A police detective investigating the killings, and the Mafia boss who heads th

In 2005, a troubadour walks through St Francisco of Assis birth town, singing and playing his Canticle of all creatures In 1212, we follow St Francisco of Assis

Hellboy (2019) Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.

The Head Hunter (2018) A barbarian monster hunter of the Middle Ages is haunted by a decapitated head when one of his slayings returns to life.

Carga (2018) A lorry, a road and an unpredictable destiny, all intersecting in a human trafficking network. Caught up in this web, Viktoriya has only one chance: fight to survive.

The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012) Two filmmakers leave to Macao in an adventure of discovery of a city-labyrinth, multicultural and mysterious, where the memories of the childhood - featured memories by the lived reality in Macao - have a dialog with the memories of the East built by the codes of the

Imagine (2012) Set in Lisbon, Portugal at an institute for the blind where children are taught to live with their disability, to not take risks, and to be comfortable at all times. Ian a non-conformist teacher who is also blind is hired at the school and introduces revolutionary methods: Rejecting t

Lines of Wellington (2012) On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from the enemy, numerically superior, in ord

The Residue of a Relationship (2017) The Residue of a Relationship is a short film that looks at the leftovers of love and tries to piece together what it all means. It follows a real-world love story from its inception through to a conclusion in a thoroughly modern tale of romance in the 21st centu

Backlight (2010) Several characters who are each at critical stages of their lives are strangely impelled towards an uncharted lake in the middle of the desert where they all have the opportunity to save each other.

Learning of her mother's death in Paris, estranged daughter returns home to find a series of photo's where her mother, a renowned photo journalist, is seen with three Portuguese political exiles who were her friends.

Convento (2010) A Dutch family left Holland to transform a 400 year old monastery into a home, artist's workshop, and nature preserve. Filmed entirely in remote village in Portugal, Convento bends the ...

Cosmos (2015) Witold just failed his law-school examinations and Fuchs has just quit his job at a Parisian fashion company. Arriving for a few days away at a so-called family guest-house, they are greeted by a series of unsettling omens: a sparrow hanging in the forest, then a piece of wood in the s

How to Draw a Perfect Circle (2009) In a house, the last trace of a Lisbon that has long disappeared, Guilherme and Sofia grow up sharing experiences and slowly discovering their sexuality. Guilherme, sheltered in a female universe, unable to deal with the uncorresponded love of his sister and her r

100 metros (2016) Based on the incredible true story of a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man: 3,8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42 km running. And he was told that he could not make 100 metres.

Night Train to Lisbon (2013) About an aging Swiss professor of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of discovering the fate of a certain author, a doctor and poet who fought against Portuguese dictator Antonio de O

The Ornithologist (2016) Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.

The House of the Spirits (1993) Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually gets money to buy a hacienda, eventually to become a local patriarch. He becomes very conservative and is feared by his workers. W

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate he