Released Date:
1995-12-22
Languages:
Portuguese, Spanish
Countries:
Portugal, Spain, France
Runtime:
104 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (380 Reviews)
Director:
Joaquim LeitèoGenres:
DramaCatarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, setting up an elaborate charade to lure him into her bed. When Catarina reveals her pregnancy, though, her current live-in girlfriend doesn't take to it kindly and promises to make Catarina's life hell; to make matters worse, Rafael finds out her true identity and comes to Lisbon to see her. And Catarina's sole refuge is in the arms of fellow journalist Francisco, her professional relationship slowly becoming a romantic one.
Released Date:
1997-12-26
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Portugal
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (356 Reviews)
Director:
Joaquim LeitèoJoaquim Leitèo (screenplay)
Joaquim Leitèo (story)
Tino Navarro (story)
Father Antonio is a priest by vocation, committed and generous, dear people of Vila Daires a quiet village of the north. But Father Anthony is also a man, and Vila Daires is not as peaceful as it seems. The good intentions of the Father will not be sufficient to halt the worsening of the conflict. And when your fate intersects with Lena, the "black sheep" of the village, Father will also be forced to confront his own demons. Especially with those who never even thought that could exist.
Released Date:
2006-01-18
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Angola, Portugal
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (177 Reviews)
Director:
Maria Joèo GangaGenres:
DramaA group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'Dala, only carrying a textile bag and a doll made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the island off the coast, where he meets the old fisherman Antonio, with whom he becomes friends. Not much later, he meets the lively, whimsical Zè, who is a little older than he is. N'Dala starts to experience the city and its inhabitants as increasingly forbidding and he would most like to return to the countryside from whence he came. Then he meets Joka, a fringe figure who persuades him to help with a robbery in exchange for money. With this film, Maria Joao Ganga wanted to provide a realistic sketch of the bitter political situation in Angola. One of her most important motivations for making In the Empty City was to provide a picture of an African city without awakening feelings of a patronising sympathy or associations with the sensationalism of war.
Released Date:
2005-10-06
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Portugal
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (1613 Reviews)
Director:
Marco MartinsGenres:
DramaIn the wake of his daughter's disappearance, a father wallowing in grief feeds his desire to find her with unusual methods.
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