Filme Portugal, a list by UrbanCrown

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An actress goes to Azores to take part in the theatrical tour of The Tempest and on her arrival she finds no one from the company, there is not even a theatre. After meeting Ariel, the actress discovers that the play has already started, the whole island is a theatre and its inhabitants are characters.

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Letterboxd

3.3

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The vine bore fruit, and it's harvest time. Soraia, a young girl, cuts herself. Blood mixes with wine. A black bull is on the loose. Up in the oak trees, time swells, and a community takes shelter. They share bread and wine, memories and dreams, the history of a landscape. We enter a long night, where nature also speaks. The fiery wind that brings the heatwaves, it's burning.

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On a sunny afternoon in Lisbon, Manel leaves home to look for work. He comes across an old church and remembers his late friend Pedro. The history of this space intertwines with Manel's emotional journey.

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Letterboxd

3.5

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Daydreaming of unlikely relationships, the flower, as delicate as it is revolutionary, represents an act of love in the midst of the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.

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Returning from Brazil after her grandfather's passing, Laura finds herself thrust into the unfamiliar world of his cattle farm. A chance meeting with a local hunter soon reveals that all may not be as it seems.

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Faced with the widening gap between citizens and power, and after an economic crisis that has seriously affected social cohesion, this film gives us an unprecedented glimpse of how citizens build a society from inside a parliament, a Citizens' Palace, providing a pertinent reflection, often contradictory and complex, on the essence of democracy.

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Cananga is a short documentary that explores how my grandfather's backyard became a personification of his life as a man of the sea and a reflection of his persona. Guided by the ballads by him composed, we discover not only his musical ability, but also the deep emocional connections that link the family to history, music and life at sea.

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An artistic vision of a phenomenon in Spanish history, with repercussions in Europe and the West: the exile of 2,895 republican children in the Soviet Union due to the Spanish Civil War; the German invasion of the USSR in World War II; the 19 years spent in the USSR until his return to Spain (1937-1956). It is also autobiographical in nature, because this author revisits the memories of her mother and aunt, who were part of this group of children.

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6.0

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During a dynastic crisis in 14th century Portugal, the 10 year old Beatriz enters into a forced marriage to become the country’s new queen. At the Monastery of Sancti Spiritus in Toro, where the tomb of Beatriz is located, this story is re-enacted, re-imagined, and recreated with children of the same age. As their imagination is allowed to roam free, a different way to interact with their country’s history opens up.

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For her 30th birthday, Inês eats spicy wings.

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Even the love of her husband couldn't ease the pain of being barren and enduring the affronts of her rival. Until, embittered, Anna prayed to the Lord and made a vow.

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Marta, feeling estranged from Isa, her older sister, tries to get closer, but is devalued. To retaliate and get the attention she needs, she plays the cello intensely, distracting Isa to the point of ruining her photography project.

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Two friends meet and the news is given that the grandmother of one of them has died. What was supposed to be a moment of consolation ends up becoming a change of perspective on death.

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Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the longest-serving fascist dictator, falls from his chair and suffers a stroke. Returning to his Palace to recover from illness, he is no longer President. No one reveals this him: neither his loyal housekeeper, nor his hard-working maids, nor his doctor. Does Salazar want to overcome death and perpetuate his power? How can he stay sane in that hallucinatory Palace?

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The young Portuguese artist Rafa. is facing a turning point in his career, composing, recording and balancing roots and ambitions as he prepares to leave for Leeds and finalize his first EP.

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A short doc about Group 9 of the Portuguese Scouts Association, from Santo António dos Cavaleiros, Loures.

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Fires leave a trail of death and heavy damage in Alquerubim, Portugal.

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Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon to protest against the housing crisis in Portugal.

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In 1973, Maria José Bernardino and António Rosa fled from poverty in rural Alentejo to live in industrialized Setúbal. 51 years later, they recall childhood memories, life struggles and family life, while also discussing hobbies and aspirations with their grandson.

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A look at the daily life of Mimi, the front door neighbour.

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There is a tradition in Paredes do Bairro that is unparalleled in the region, and perhaps even in Portugal: the digging up of the Pedra da Sesta on 25th March, the feast day of Maria Malandrona, and then burying it on 25th September, thus marking the beginning and end of the rural workers' sesta (nap).

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Street posters are visible in every corner of the city. But who are the invisible people who put them up? A documentary story, told by the filmmaker, himself a member of a collective responsible for the poster paste-ups in Lisbon.

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Melanie has recently returned from Africa. She goes on holidays with three long-time friends, but their behaviour becomes increasingly odd.

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The man who takes others into custody feels in custody himself.

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A young woman meets a famous actor. The two of them fall in love.

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70

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This film tells the story of rap music in Almada and Miratejo, one of the first major spots of this musical genre in Portugal. Guided by the protagonists who built and lived the movement intensively, we travel through their memories, stories, and inspirations to discover the great landmarks of this culture on the south banks of the Tagus River — built in a territory of demanding and politized working classes, with great cultural diversity in the post-Carnation Revolution.

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In 1915, an anonymous author left a collection of poems at the editorial office of the "Orpheu" magazine. 110 years later, Violante de Cysneiros' character is now reimagined in 3 distinct moments: a moment of personal fulfillment, a moment in which sensation and rationality fight to take over and in a moment when they reflect on what they are, what they were and what they dream of being.

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In a small hill near the village of Gerês, called Penedo da Freira, lies a tombstone that appears to mark a site of passion between a Portuguese nun and a Spaniard soldier near the end of the 18th century. The legend described in the stone becomes a target of obsession for a young director as he plunges two actors into reliving its words.

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Vítor is a grown man who is constantly dedicated to his work. However, after meeting Vasco, a laid-back young man, at a garden table, he realizes that he should live his daily life in a more relaxed way.

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The short documentary explores the transformation over the decades of the Stop Shopping Center in Bonfim, Porto, framing its history within the materialist critique proposed by Walter Benjamin in his Book of Passages.

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In a village in Melgaço, Adelino Fernandes, better known as Aires, spends his days working in his "tiny" workshop at home. Retired and at 87 years old, he dedicates himself to arranging the most diverse objects at the request of neighbors for whom he is very fond, and he asks them for nothing in return. A poetic portrait of a man who contributes to his community and in return life smiles back at him.

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"When The Star Shines..." is a short film that explores, with humor and emotion, the various ways people connect with the Christmas spirit. Between unexpected encounters, personal challenges, and reflections on the meaning of the season, the story reveals that, even when all seems lost, there is always room for reunions, hope, and magic.

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