Abraham's Valley
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's...
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The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
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This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of...
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On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an eccentric young woman.
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Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her...
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A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious...
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Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make Portugal the...
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