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The Mystery Of The Road Of Sintra (O Mistério Da Estrada De Sintra)

  • Year: 2007
  • Length: 104 min
  • Country: Portugal, Brazil
  • Director: Jorge Paixao da Costa
  • Producer: António da Cunha Telles, Pandora da Cunha Telles
  • Cast: Ivo cops, Antonio Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio, Nicolau Breyner, Carmen Samora

Synopsis: It is the summer of 1870 and two writers have created and published a mystery serial that turns out to be closer to reality than they thought possible. This movie has it all, a deadly duel, threats, love and intrigue! The Mystery of Sintra challenges all the conventions in sharp contrast to the customs of romantic Portuguese society in the 19th century.

   

The Rumours Murmuring Coast ( A Costa Dos Murmúrios)

  • Year: 2004
  • Length: 120 min
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: Marguerite Cardoso
  • Producer: Maria João Mayer Cast: Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Duarte, Adriano Light, Fernando Louis

Synopsis: At the end of the 60s, Evita arrives in Mozambique and finds herself in a country devastated by the colonial war with Portugal. She is to marry Luís who is doing his military service. When Luís leaves to fight, Evita is left alone wandering around the city where she starts discovering how violence changes men ... and also her husband.

 

Call Girl (Call Girl)

  • Year: 2007
  • Length: 124 min
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: Antonio-Pedro Vasconcelos
  • Producer: Tino Navarro
  • Cast: Nicolau Breyner, Anonymous Chaves, Ivo cops, Joaquim de Almeida, Joaquim Piggy

Synopsis: Mary, a "call girl" is hired by Moors to seduce Meireles, mayor of Vilanova, in the attempt that authorises a multinational to build a tourist resort. In the meantime, wood and Neves, police officers discover the signs of corruption and begin to investigate Meireles. Everything becomes even more complex when Wood discovers that Mary, the passion of his life, is the bait which would oblige the political remit...

 

Goodnight Irene (Goodnight Irene)

  • Year: 2008
  • Length: 98 min
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: Paolo Marinou-Blanco
  • Producer: Maria João Mayer
  • Cast: Robert Pugh, Nuno Lopes, Rita Laurel

Synopsis: Lisbon. Portugal. Present day. For Alex and Bruno, it could be any other time or place. An old and sickly failed English actor, Alex drags out a solitary existence recording voice-overs for cheap travel videos, drinking himself to sleep at the local bar, and ridiculing the world and others with his cynical wit. Bruno, a young and reclusive Portuguese locksmith, devotes himself to his obsession: fighting the passing of time. He does this by breaking into other people’s homes to make a record of their lives and identities through their possessions, which he then meticulously organizes in a large archive at the back of his shop.

 

Daughter Of The Mother (Filha Da Mãe)

  • Year: 1989
  • Length: 105 min
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: John Canijo
  • Producer: Paulo Branco
  • Cast: Jose Wilker, Rita Branco

Synopsis: Mary is comical, aggressive, cynical and sentimental. Her boyfriend, Adriano is a thief. His mother is Giulia is an actress who loves Gigi, an actor and drug addicts. He is always without money and his heart divided between Giulia and Delilah, a drama colleague.

 

Bad Blood (Coisa Ruim)

  • Year: 2005
  • Length: 97 min
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: Tiago Guedes, Frederick Serra
  • Producer: Paulo Branco
  • Cast: Hadrian Light, Manuela Couto, Sara Carinhas

Synopsis: Xavier inherits an old house from his grand-uncle and decides to move his family from the comforts of the city to the small Portuguese countryside for a change of scenery. Once there many strange things begin to occur that may or may not be due to a supernatural presence in the house. His youngest son, Ricardo begins to see dead people. His daughter Sofia works hard to take care of her newborn baby while hiding a dark secret. His wife meets a young priest who reveals many of the town’s dark secrets. Finally, when his oldest son Rui arrives at the house, things take a turn for the worse.

 
 

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