Alfredo Ruas
2021Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica
José Leitão de Barros
Adelina Abranches, Adelina Fernandes
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town - Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Amor de Perdição
Georges Pallu
Pato Moniz, António Pinheiro
Simão loves Teresa whose father wants her to marry cousin Baltazar instead. The two lovers meet secretly; Baltazar pays a thug to kill his rival, and Simão is badly wounded. Teresa is forced into a convent. Mariana - who secretly loves Simão - treats him, and helps him to escape. SPOILERS AHEAD Baltazar intervenes, and this time the two rivals fight, and one of them dies. The love story will end tragically to the survivors. Simão is sentenced to prison in India - which amounts to a death sentence. Mariana goes with him, but neither will survive the voyage. Teresa dies in her convent, after receiving a last love letter from Simão.
Amor de Perdição
Inés de Castro
Manuel Augusto García Viñolas, José Leitão de Barros
Alicia Palacios, António Vilar
In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noblewoman, for political reasons; but the impulsive prince ends up giving in to his love for Inés de Castro, his wife's lady-in-waiting.
Inés de Castro
Feitiço do Império
António Lopes Ribeiro
Luís de Campos, Alves da Cunha
Luís immigrated to the USA and intends to become an American. But after his father invites him on a journey to the Portuguese territories in Africa, he will find true love, and also learn to value his country and its colonial grandeur.
The Spell of the Empire
