Jorge Brum do Canto

A Canção da Terra

Jorge Brum do Canto

José Celestino, Óscar de Lemos

In Porto Santo, a small island next to Madeira the drought rages and Gonçalves, a local farmer, tries to overcome the catastrophe, with the help of Bastiana, whom he dearly loves. João Venâncio, who refuses to share the water of his field, tries to steal her heart. One day Gonçalves decides to fight for his beloved, beating violently Venâncio in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Chaimite

Jorge Brum do Canto

Jorge Brum do Canto, Jacinto Ramos

From the military planning to front-line operations of discover conquest of Mozambique by the Portuguese, to counter the Vatuas insurgency of 1894, when they were led by Gungunhana, a cunning strong African leader. Against the background of Marracuene, Coolela, Manjacaze, Chaimite and Macontene historical battles, two soldiers fight for the love of a coloni st's daughter.

A Dança dos Paroxismos

Jorge Brum do Canto

Jorge Brum do Canto, Machado Correia

This film tells the story of Gonthramm, a young knight who sought in vain for the Holy Grail and, on the way back to join his bride, Galeswithe, is met by Queen Banschi in the nightmarish realm of the Sylphs. Brum do Canto based the story on Charles-Marie Leconte de Lisle's Les Elfes.

A Cruz de Ferro

Jorge Brum do Canto

Jorge Brum do Canto, Cremilda Gil

Two neighboring villages fight over control of a stream to water their lands.

Fado Corrido

Jorge Brum do Canto

Amália Rodrigues, Jorge Brum do Canto

A Marialist nobleman falls in love with a fado singer, who puts an end to the ephemeral relationship, accepting the love of a teenager, recently arrived from Africa.

Lobos da Serra

Jorge Brum do Canto

António de Sousa, Maria Domingas

O Crime de Simão Bolandas

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Manuela Maria, Rolando Alves

Maduro, D. Lourenço manages to take away Joao Bolandas, to be with the woman, Florinda, his old love, that returns that feeling to him. Simão discovers the mother's connection with D. Lourenço and, from then on, only one desire guides him: to kill Florinda's lover.

João Ratão

Jorge Brum do Canto

Óscar de Lemos, Maria Domingas

João Ratão is one of many young Portuguese soldiers fighting in Flandres, France, during World War I. Back home, he now needs to fight for the love Vitória, to whom he sent love letters from France... written by a fellow soldier. João Ratão is illiterate.

Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico

Jorge Brum do Canto

Irene Cruz, Ruy Furtado

João Eduardo, a young inexperienced doctor, takes up work in a village. The initial skepticism from the community gives place to esteem for the new physician after some well succeeded cases.

Um Homem às Direitas

Jorge Brum do Canto

Barreto Poeira, Julieta Castelo

The confrontation of two different temperaments: Figueiredo, a hard-working shopkeeper; his brother-in-law, José, disorderly and wasteful, heir to a family with noble titles but poor. Figueiredo tries to rescue José from this path of perversion that had led him to invest in an attempted theft, followed by a frustrated murder and seduction ...

Fátima, Terra de Fé

Jorge Brum do Canto

Barreto Poeira, Graça Maria

Having abandoned his family due to religious differences, Dr Silveira moves to Coimbra, where he dedicates himself to his patients, and rejecting any attempts at reconciliation. But, when a terrible accident happens to his son, he must seek a resolution to the debate between faith and science.