Marcantonio Del Carlo

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Marcantonio Del Carlo

António Capelo, Beto Coville

A Hora da Liberdade

Joana Pontes

António Capelo, Manuel Wiborg

Based on the events which took place the night of April 24th, 1999 in Portugal. This is the story of the Coup d'État which put an end to the Dictatorship and reinstated the Democracy.

TURN OF THE TIDE

William Clemens

Arthur Kennedy, Afonso Pimentel

When a boat loaded with cocaine sinks off his home island, Eduardo sees a risky but exciting opportunity to make money and fulfill impossible dreams.

Capitães de Abril

Maria de Medeiros

Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

Coitado do Jorge

Jorge Silva Melo

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Ángela Molina

One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However, when he gets home he finds a person there.

Nuvem

Ana Luísa Guimarães

Rosa Castro André, Afonso Melo

Tomás is a young teenager who fights for the leadership of a small marginal group. One night, in the world that he cannot control, his fallout leads to the death of one of the group's members. Laura, the possible witness to the crime, becomes a threat.

A Primeira Missa

Ana Carolina

Fernanda Montenegro, Rui Unas

On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass in Brazil. Suddenly three strange agents emerge from the forest and abruptly interrupt the scene. Authoritarians, they confiscate the filmed negatives. The paranoid director grumbles: "Are they from the government?". The execution of the film is compromised. Will the director in trouble be able to complete his film?

Submission

Leonardo António

Iolanda Laranjeiro, Maria João Abreu

Lúcia is raped by her husband and presses charges against him. She fights the Portuguese legal system along with the Prosecutor's Assistant, Maria João Correia, to forceher husband, the son of the State's Vice Attorney, intoCourt. The case takes place in closed session where Lúcia tries to find justice in a predominantly male world.

Sinais de Fogo

Luís Filipe Rocha

Diogo Infante, Ruth Gabriel

The film presents us with a reflection on the Spanish Civil War in the Portuguese society, At a time when Salazar ruled.

Fado majeur et mineur

Raúl Ruiz

Jean-Luc Bideau, Melvil Poupaud

Pierre, a middle-aged tourist guide, is the victim of a sudden failure : he does not recognize anything about him any longer. He goes back home and in his apartment he finds a mysterious young man who tells him he is here to avenge a young woman who has taken her own life. What share of responsibility does Pierre hold in this situation?

A Bomba

Leonel Vieira

Diogo Infante, António Melo

A group of innocent hostages is left to their own deaths facing a clockwork bomb, while the whole country watches them on the TV.

Amo-te Teresa

Cristina Boavida, Ricardo Espirito Santo

Diogo Morgado, Ana Padrão

Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son.

Tudo Isto é Fado

Luís Galvão Teles

Ângelo Torres, Danton Mello

Shup up in dead-end lives with dreams larger than life, two inseparable friends in their thirties decide to take their fates in hand. Nevertheless, a woman a « fatale » one, gets them away from their path. And the three of them – two others will quickly join them- find themselves involved in a strange case, that of a fake painting robbery. Who said crime is not worth?

Adão e Eva

Joaquim Leitão

Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida

Catarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, setting up an elaborate charade to lure him into her bed. When Catarina reveals her pregnancy, though, her current live-in girlfriend doesn't take to it kindly and promises to make Catarina's life hell; to make matters worse, Rafael finds out her true identity and comes to Lisbon to see her. And Catarina's sole refuge is in the arms of fellow journalist Francisco, her professional relationship slowly becoming a romantic one.

A Força do Atrito

Pedro M. Ruivo

Rui Araújo, Francisco Baião

Portugal 1997. A nuclear accident left the the country without energy and divided between zones, some of them interdicted because of the contamination. The economic crisis is dramatic and unemployment is almost total.

Kiss Me

António da Cunha Telles

Marisa Cruz, Manuel Wiborg

This movie bring us a story about a woman named Laura (Marisa Cruz) that lives in a small portuguese town during the 50's. Tired of living in such a small town she travells to a bigger town, in which she'll have the opportunity to feel free.