Tabu

Tabu 2012

7.00

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

2012

How to Draw a Perfect Circle

How to Draw a Perfect Circle 2009

5.60

Guilherme and Sofia, brother and sister, grow up sharing experiences and slowly discovering their sexuality. The thing that Sofia doesn't know is how far Guilherme will go to keep her inside his own perverse, dark and perfect circle.

2009

Mysteries of Lisbon

Mysteries of Lisbon 2010

7.00

The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure and misfortune in the convulsed Europe of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

2010

The Ornithologist

The Ornithologist 2016

6.10

Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests.

2016

April Captains

April Captains 2000

6.50

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.

2000

Alex

Alex 1991

6.00

The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.

1991

The Longest Voyage

The Longest Voyage 2020

4.50

Spain, 1519. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator in the service of King Charles I, undertakes, at the command of five ships, a commercial expedition to the Moluccas. The story of the first circumnavigation of the world, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522.

2020

Uma Vida Normal

Uma Vida Normal 1994

6.50

Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.

1994

Eusébio: Um jogador de todos os tempos

Eusébio: Um jogador de todos os tempos 1992

1

A profile of the legendary soccer player Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, with footage of his career and a comprehensive list of interviews of former colleagues and other football legends, journalists, writers and politicians.

1992

Operation Autumn

Operation Autumn 2012

7.50

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.

2012

They Shot the Piano Player

They Shot the Piano Player 2023

6.70

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

2023

Alguém Como Eu

Alguém Como Eu 2017

4.70

Helen, 30 years-old, decides she is going to change the rest of her life. Her biggest mistake, she asks God for some precious help.

2017

As Bodas de Deus

As Bodas de Deus 1999

7.50

After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.

1999

Sunday Pursuit

Sunday Pursuit 1990

4.00

Thomas Wilkins has faithfully worked his entire life on Saville Row. Suddenly he is fired by his boss Mr Gerald, who wants a younger man with new ideas. Thomas advertise under "Lonely Hearts" and receives an answer.

1990

Veneno Cura

Veneno Cura 2008

4.70

In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.

2008

River of Gold

River of Gold 1998

6.50

Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat operator Antonio. Not long after their union, she becomes intensely jealous of Antonio's fondness for their winsome goddaughter, Joana, and insinuates herself into a relationship brewing between Joana and a mystical gypsy gold salesman. Soon, tempers are flaring, mystical secrets are being revealed and death is hovering over the central characters.

1998

Fátima

Fátima 1997

7.00

1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.

1997

The Curse of Marialva

The Curse of Marialva 1991

2.00

A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors in the Lusitanian mountains, only to loose his possessions through the mysterious workings of a woman from parts unknown.

1991