Tinoco em Bolandas
Apr 07, 1924Comedy
Maria Olguim
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O Leão da Estrela
Nov 21, 1947Anastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting CP, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.
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Ala-Arriba!
Sep 15, 1942It focuses on maritime tragedy of the town and a forbidden love between Julha and João Moço, from different fisher castes, in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed and dating without parent's assent was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.
Drama
O Costa do Castelo
Mar 15, 1943André (Curado Ribeiro), is a son of a wealthy family who meets a girl called Luisinha (Milu). Luisinha lives at a small pension house with Rita (Maria Olguim) and Januário (João Silva), who are as parents to her, and with mr. Simplício Costa (António Silva), better known as Costa do Castelo, a lazy but highly talented guitar player who together with (Hermínia Silva) reaches success.
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Frei Luís de Sousa
Sep 21, 1950The tragedy of a woman who - after seven years of vain searches - gave up hope of finding her husband, a knight lost in battle in Marroc with Sebastião, king of Portugal. She marries, has a daughter by her second husband, and endures the silent reproach of an aid, Telmo Pais, the only who kept his hope that his master shall return, as well as the king... One day, a mysterious pilgrim arrives at the mansion.
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O Grande Elias
Dec 12, 1950When Mr. Elias discovers that his aunt, who lives in Brazil, comes to visit him, he decides to temporarily occupy the house of a wealthy neighbor who's away so that she doesn't discover that he's not as rich as he told her.
Comedy
Sonhar é Fácil
Feb 22, 1951Mr. Silva has a dream: to live in the countryside and become a farmer. And one day it happens. He inherits a farm from an old aunt. But not everything will be roses, as Mr. Silva soon finds out...
Comedy
Saltimbancos
Oct 24, 1951Tony, un trapéziste, trouve un emploi dans un petit cirque. Lorsqu'une tempête emporte le chapiteau, Tony reste par amour pour la belle Belmira qui pourrait être cavalière... s'ils n'avaient pas vendu le cheval. Ils jouent en plein air, dorment à la belle étoile, économisent chaque centime, et bientôt il faut acheter une nouvelle tente... à crédit. Mais Belmira n'est pas heureuse, elle rêve d'une vraie maison, tandis que Tony est fasciné par le cirque. Et les jours sombres sont de retour.
Drama
Nazaré
Dec 12, 1952The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. The film tells the story of António and his family, where no dreams are allowed. There is also the mourning of the woman in black wailing silently on the beach or waiting for their children lost in the sea.
Drama
Vidas sem Rumo
Sep 10, 1956Meia-Lua used to be a sailor, but he now makes a poor living smuggling. He is a cynical man, who doesn't care for Ana or for the child they had together. He lives with the beautiful Marlene who dances in the bars. Gull spends her whole days lulling a doll in her arms, and she waits for her love that will rise from the depths of the sea. The deaf musician Sparrow watches over her, in his despaired love and long-held wish of becoming a sea captain. There is a dispute down the piers, there is a crime that might be just an accident, there is a bad conscience that turns sour, there is a boat full of poor wretches like a rocking lullaby, a baby that passes from arms to arms, a clumsy beggar that finds some work, a courthouse of tramps... From this expressionist account that has unexpected comical moments, the censors from Salazar's regime cut away 20 minutes that were never to be found again.
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A Costureirinha da Sé
Feb 27, 1959Aurora is a modest young girl, working as dressmaker for the women her popular district, near the OPorto cathedral. One day, through a hintz-dress design competition, she gets involved with a haut couture atelier.
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O Crime de Aldeia Velha
Nov 20, 1964Joana lives in a small and remote village where people are very primitive and religious. When accidents start happening that involves her, people slowly start believing that she is possessed by the devil.
Crime
Manhã Submersa
Oct 17, 1980Estefânia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move her influences in order to make a priest out of him. The parents accept it, the local priest and even the Seminar's rector accept it, and António accepts it - if not for piety, for obeyance to his parents. Once time goes by, and António is out of rural misery and into the prison-like system of a seminar, doubts and anguishes mount within him.
Drama
Tropic Holiday
Jun 29, 1938A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
Comedy
O Tarzan do 5º Esquerdo
Aug 15, 1958Luisa and Manuel begin the existence of married, having only their dream and hope. He judges himself a Tarzan in the jungle of life, able to face all the threats, next to his companion.
Comedy
Madragoa
Jan 11, 1952Romance
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A Menina da Rádio
Jun 03, 1944Geninha and Fortunato are couple who loves music. He's a good songwriter, she sings well. Despite this, their parents hate each other and do not seem willing to allow their marriage, nor the creation of a local radio for them.
Music
O Trigo e o Joio
Aug 25, 1965A sad and strong people living in the huge plains of Alentejo. Their endless struggle for bread, their nostalgic, bewitching songs and their daily toil to turn a dry, barren land into golden wheat fields.
Drama
O Primo Basílio
Dec 03, 1959Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon society of the 19th century.
Drama
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