Movie List for "portuguese"

La peau douce (1964) Drama Romance Movie

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her Year 1964.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: François Truffaut
Writer: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard
Actors: Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti

Viva Riva! (2010) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC’s capital, he and his sidekick pursue a plot to get hold of a secret cache – barrels of fuel they Year 2010.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Djo Munga
Writer: Djo Munga
Actors: Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Diplome Amekindra

Torre Bela (1975) Documentary Movie

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975 (most part of the land occupations occurred … Year 1975.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Thomas Harlan, Jacques d’Arthuys, Anna Devoto, Luc Mohler, Luisa Orioli
Writer: Thomas Harlan
Actors: Thomas Harlan, Maria Vitória, José Neves Paiva, Herculano Valada Martins

Maine Ocean (1986) Comedy Movie

“Maine-Ocean” is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi, another traveler and also a lawyer, helps her. The Year 1986.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Jacques Rozier
Writer: Lydia Feld, Jacques Rozier
Actors: Rosa-Maria Gomes, Abdel Kedadouche, Luis Rego

O Princípio da Incerteza (2002) Drama Movie

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writer: Agustina Bessa-Luís, Manoel de Oliveira, Jacques Parsi
Actors: Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth

L’homme de Rio (1964) Action Adventure Comedy Movie

A young man comes to the rescue of his girlfriend abducted by thieves and brought to Rio. An extravagant adventure ensues. Year 1964.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Philippe de Broca
Writer: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais

Terra Sonâmbula (2007) Drama Movie

In the midst of Mozambique’s devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only companion is an elderly storyteller, and the only guide to finding his mother is a dead man’ Year 2007.

Generes: Drama
Director: Teresa Prata
Writer: Mia Couto, Teresa Prata
Actors: Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Ernesto Lemos Macuacua

Vale Abraão (1993) Drama Movie

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father’s friend. They move to the Valley of Abraham. Carlo loves her, but d Year 1993.

Generes: Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writer: Agustina Bessa-Luís, Manoel de Oliveira
Actors: Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra

Casa de Lava (1994) Drama Movie

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama Year 1994.

Generes: Drama
Director: Pedro Costa
Writer: Pedro Costa
Actors: Inês de Medeiros, Isaach De Bankolé, Edith Scob

Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe (1975) Drama Movie

Raised in seclusion, a young woman claims her unborn child was conceived through an angel. Year 1975.

Generes: Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writer: José Régio, Manoel de Oliveira
Actors: Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva

Past and Present (1972) Comedy Movie

Vanda is a young widow, with a number of marriages past her, who tends to venerate each deceased husband, as much as she betrays and denigrates the present one. Year 1972.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writer: Vicente Sanches (play), Manoel de Oliveira (adaptation), Vicente Sanches (dialogue)
Actors: Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira, Alberto Inácio

A Caça (1964) Short Drama Movie

José and Roberto are friends, and they decide to go hunting but without guns, so that no accident will happen. As they stroll and talk, one of them falls into a hole in a hidden marshland. His friend runs away, and manages to gather Year 1964.

Generes: Short, Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writer: Manoel de Oliveira
Actors: António Rodrigues Sousa, João Rocha Almeida, Albino Freitas

Der Stand der Dinge (1982) Drama Movie

The crew is running out of money to finish their film. Year 1982.

Generes: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Robert Kramer, Wim Wenders, Joshua Wallace
Actors: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten

Amistad (1997) Biography Drama History Movie

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally Year 1997.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: David Franzoni
Actors: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins

A Comédia de Deus (1995) Comedy Drama Movie

João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and purity to attain heaven. The surrounding wo Year 1995.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: João César Monteiro
Writer: João César Monteiro, Luís Vaz de Camões
Actors: Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas

Sambizanga (1972) Drama Movie

Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. He does not betray his companions, but is beaten to death in… Year 1972.

Generes: Drama
Director: Sarah Maldoror
Writer: Claude Agostini (dialogue), Claude Agostini (screenplay), Sarah Maldoror (script), Mário Pinto de Andrade, Maurice Pons (dialogue), Maurice Pons (screenplay), Luandino Vieira (novel), Mário de Andrade (additional dialogue)
Actors: Domingos de Oliveira, Elisa Andrade, Jean M’Vondo, Dino Abelino