António-Pedro Vasconcelos
1939 (85 лет)A Voz e os Ouvidos do MFA
António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Leandro Ferreira
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Durval Lucena
Documentary short about the April’s Captains and the Carnation Revolution from the point of view of the MFA (Armed Forces Movement)- a coalition of Military officers – namely Captains and Majors – who banded together to overthrow the Authoritarian regime that ruled Portugal for over 40 years.
The Voice and Ears of MFA
As Armas e o Povo
Glauber Rocha, Fernando Lopes
Glauber Rocha, Adelino Gomes
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnations Revolution", as that period would be later known.
As Armas e o Povo
Os Imortais
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Joaquim de Almeida, Emmanuelle Seigner
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 chief inspector from the local police force who is about to retire, crosses their path and chooses to spend his last days of duty trying to solve the robbery. But as he carries on with his investigation, he discovers more than he could have ever imagined...
The Immortals
Adeus, Até ao Meu Regresso
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
The Revolution also put an end to the colonial wars in Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Angola. Vasconcelos recounts the absurdity of this bitter conflict. - Cinema du réel
Adeus, Até ao Meu Regresso
Parque Mayer
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Daniela Melchior, Diogo Morgado
Parque Mayer was the park off all the emotions and amusements in the 1930' s. Under the dictatorship of Oliveira Salazar and his police, many people came to have fun in its theaters attending the portuguese kind of play called 'revista'. A writer called Mario Pintor (paintor) is writing a play in which a new actress (Deolinda) will star as the main role, while an already famous actor named Eduardo tries to seduce this recent arrival.
Parque Mayer
Jaime
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Saúl Fonseca, Fernanda Serrano
A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's stolen motorcycle back everything will be fine again, so he sets out to get enough money to buy his father a new one.
Jaime
O Lugar do Morto
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Ana Zanatti, Pedro Oliveira
A newspaper reporter comes across a man and woman arguing on the beach, and after obligingly driving the woman around when she seeks him out, he takes her back to discover that the man has been murdered. The woman takes off, but the reporter, after many twists and turns, runs into her on a train. They start a relationship, but he had better pay closer attention to how he got to know her in the first place.
Dead Man's Seat
O Fascínio das Histórias
António Pinhão Botelho
Nuno Artur Silva, José Eduardo Agualusa
A digressive quest, through conversations with various people, about the need humanity has always had to tell stories about itself, about the power and enchantment of fiction.
O Fascínio das Histórias
Call Girl
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Joaquim de Almeida, Soraia Chaves
A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...
Call Girl
Perdido Por Cem...
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
José Cunha, Marta Leitão
Artur is in Lisbon for his holidays, wonders aimlessly, and is picked up by Rui, a young man who is into marketing and advertising. Joana is in Lisbon for holidays, but also trying to escape from a mysterious, dark passion. Artur and Joana come together, find common roots in their rural background.
One Hundred Times Lost
