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Tónan Quito
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NRA mockumentary with an actual documentary inside, tells the unusual story of Artist António André's (Triple A). With Arcos de Valdevez, a portuguese northern village, as background, it questions the relevance of art in our time.
Triple A
2015
NROverwhelmed by the melancholy of departure, Tom spends his last day in Lisbon driving his cherished old car, Stella, through its old and changing streets. Confined within its familiar interior, he bids farewell to friends, lovers, and the possessions that made the city his home. As evening falls, he meets Custódio, the prospective buyer who, like Tom, sees Stella as much more than just a car.
Super Past Car
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7.0The 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.
The Domain
2019
7.0A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.
Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon
2002
6.7A pagan tradition in a village in the countryside of Portugal leaves painful traces in a group of young teenagers. 25 years later, when they meet again, the past resurfaces and tragedy sets in.
Remains of the Wind
2022
NRUbu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and coward character conducts his reign in an absurd and cruel way, leading his kingdom to ruin. A cinematographic adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s play, a political satire that, cyclically, turns to the reality of world politics.
Ubu
2023
4.0Pavese considered Dialogues with Leucò his best work. Eloquent and at the same time sententious and fragile, but implausible among humanized gods, demigods, heroes, and other pagan figures of Greek mythology, who question, through the imaginary of myths, the society of contemporary man. Out of a time and a certain space, and thus, and like all myths, always current.
Dialogues After the End
2023
6.9The economic crisis, a teddy bear with suicidal tendencies named Judy Garland, the Discovery Channel, a black panther and the Russian playwright Anton Tchekhov are all part of the heroic adventure of a little girl who has a problem to solve.
Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes
2019
7.0Antonio decides to break free of his mundane existence and rents a silver convertible to take his wife on a dream vacation. Everything seems perfect. Except he doesn't know the way.
The Trip
2011
NRWith no career expectations, a temperamental young woman gave in to a job as a maid in a hotel. Makes the beds, replaces the towels, replaces the soaps. One day she discovers a suitcase left behind by a whimsical French tourist, inside which she finds a lime green canary, a natural yogurt and a five hundred euro envelope.
Night Shift
2017
8.0Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading them to kidnappe the company’s director in an act of despair. Who is Humberto? What company is that? In which paths will he take us, after his death? Cinerama is an edgy, enigmatic, but not distant film that brings up genres of cinema as well as other forms of art like dance, theatre and poetry. The film reflects ways of being in life.
Cinerama
2010
4.31986, just 12 years after the Carnation Revolution. The Left Wing is divided, while the Right seems on track for an easy win, which will give them both a President and a Government. The only one capable of stopping this victory is a man who fought his whole life against Estado Novo. Arrested dozens of time, deported and exiled, he was one of the first to arrive in Lisbon after April 25st. That man is Mário Soares.
Soares é Fixe
2024
4.8Mozambique, 1969. What was meant to be a peaceful Christmas Eve ends up badly as a group of soldiers brings home a prisoner that will be murdered. Simultaneously, the Capitan's wife arrives in surprise, bringing along a Priest, who is supposed to celebrate the mass.
20.13: Purgatory
2006
NRAn act of passion, filmed in a church turned into a bar, on Easter 2003, and starring as many actors as the days of the year… Taking the sacred painting as a reference, the film questions the human condition: letting oneself die like Christ or betray scientifically like Peter?
A Imitação
2003