For the sake of interests which unite the aristocratic families of northern Portugal, young Antónia Margarida de Castelo Branco is betrothed to Brás Telles de Meneses, a violent, bohemian spendthrift. Despite the mistreatment and humiliations, the woman is attracted to her husband, who in no time completely dilapidates her dowry. Reduced to poverty, the two live in misery, a si...
Kilas is a pimp who lives happy with Pepsi-Rita, fading sex variety starlet, and both lives at the expense of his God-mother. Kilas is the elader of a small gang of tough guys, and the police is too busy to care. A mysterious Major - eventually from the secret police - approaches Kilas in order that his gang will set up a discreet vigilance on the house of a notorious anti-fasc...
Powerful meditation about old age. This is one of the most beautiful films about old age. It tells the story of a man who, after many working years, finally retires. He thinks he'll enjoy life from now on, but the opposite proves to be the truth. He feels he has no place in a world of youth any longer. So he chases the only thing that's very much alive: his memory of his first ...
Inspired by the painting "First Mass in Brazil" by Victor Meirelles, the story revolves around a group of filmmakers trying to rebuild a milestone in the history of Brazil: the staging of the first mass in the country.
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
When asked what drives a man to search for the truth, Lieutenant Papauran says dejectedly that maybe he just wants to keep inflicting pain on himself. Faced with President Duterte’s bloody murders and brazen lies, he continues his struggle to solve a fifteen-year-old case around an ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake. It has become a cross he can barely carry but keeps...
A young man and a child, both refugees from Timor-Leste, reflect on the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste.
