The Mother

The Mother

The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot revolves...

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Fragments of an Alms-Film

Fragments of an Alms-Film

Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and practically...

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Perdida Mente

Perdida Mente

The story of a man who sees his life change radically upon confronting his progressive loss of memory. As his neurological condition advances, it...

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Passion

Passion

A woman recovering from a personal tragedy imprisons a man she met at a party, shutting him in a room of a building demolition.

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Hands in the Fire

Hands in the Fire

The young film student Maria do Mar is working on a documentary about the old manor houses along the Douro River. It is the final project in her...

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Sea

Sea

Francisca, a beautiful 50-year-old widow, prepared a peaceful future for herself. In an unexpected outburst, she grabs an opportunity for change...

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A True and Faithful Account

A True and Faithful Account

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between...

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O Fantasma do Novais

O Fantasma do Novais

Flores Amargas

Flores Amargas

A festive day in the Timorense community stranded in the Jamor Valley. A partisan who came from Timor and his story. A look at an abandoned people.

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A Que Chamas Pensar?

A Que Chamas Pensar?

The plan of issues, since 1962, an alive and continuous legacy of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

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Adriana

Adriana

In a remote island where mourning was settled, a man decreed that there will never be sex or children anymore... The island gets desolate and he...

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Rosa Negra

Rosa Negra

Fernanda, António and Quim are travelling by train to a provincial Portuguese industrial city. Fernanda, a teacher, agrees to replace a pregnant...

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Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel

Lúcia is an independent woman who lives alone in Lisbon. Her father commits suicide leaving her a message on phone recorder, revealing a letter he...

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Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side

Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side

Carlos Oliveira's literary universe is re-enacted in a studio using the writer’s personal objects and manuscripts, and with the help of Luis Miguel...

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A Luz Incerta

A Luz Incerta

Based on a work by Fernando Pessoa.

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Não Me Cortes O Cabelo Que Meu Pai Me Penteou

Não Me Cortes O Cabelo Que Meu Pai Me Penteou

Não Me Cortes O Cabelo Que Meu Pai Me Penteou is a collage of two traditional tales present in the anthology of Traditional Portuguese Tales...

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Clínica Comunal Popular de Cova da Piedade

Clínica Comunal Popular de Cova da Piedade

The question of abortion and other issues related to the lives of Portuguese women.

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