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- Three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story. Based on historical events.
- Indian agent Khalid goes on a mission to hunt and eliminate his former mentor, the country's top agent Kabir who has gone rogue. A deadly war begins.
- On June 26, 1941, the German army invaded Russia. Maria João photographs Lisbon full of refugees arriving in Portugal. When her father-in-law Nicolau suffers an accident, he asks Maria João to help him manage the company.
- Literary adaptation which imagines the last months, in 1936, of Fernando Pessoa using the name Ricardo Reis: Against the European politics of that year he has romantic encounters at a hotel in a constantly rainy Lisbon.
- TV Mini SeriesIn a coastal town, psychologist Júlia Mendes and inspector Pedro Sousa investigate a young girl's murder. Their probe unveils concealed truths, blurring boundaries between love and violence justification.
- Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a Liberian Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.
- Inspired by the true story of the Portuguese King Dom Pedro who unearthed his beloved (Ines) to crown her queen after her death, this film recounts this unparalleled passion story over three eras.
- Portrait of the decadent Portuguese aristocracy in the second half of the 19th century, through the tragic history of a traditional Lisbon family.
- When English Mark surprises his American bride Holly with her dream honeymoon to Portugal she cant believe her luck. Mark goes to great trouble to organise everything for her. They arrive in Portugal to discover that the country is hosting a major international soccer tournament and that the English national team is playing! Whats more, the England team, and their raucous fans, seem to follow them everywhere. Soccer-loving Mark claims innocence - a complete coincidence - after all, what kind of man would lie to his new wife just to watch England play in a tournament? Gradually, Holly is forced to consider that perhaps her husband could be just such a man. Marks odd behaviour, their whirlwind romance and her fathers money (that paid for the trip) all begin to add to a terrible conclusion. The games intensify, the subterfuge deepens and cracks develop. Mark denies everything, but what has he done? How can he prove that he really loves her? The film captures the passion, drama and romance of an explosive match between the hilarious newlyweds playing the game of their lives. An international soccer cup competition, churches, beaches, castles, mountains and the winding streets of Lisbon, all play stadium to this whirlwind ride through beautiful Portugal
- In this biographical film we follow the life of a warrior that thousands of years ago fought and gave his life for a territory that would later become Lusitania. Facing off against the Roman empire, he dedicated his life to protecting his people.
- Portugal struggles for its very existence against the mighty Castile (Spain) invasion drawing in Britain and France during the Hundred Year's War in Medieval Europe.
- The formerly great Swiss hotel which Valentin's family owned when he was a boy has been emptied and is about to be torn down. He revisits the magical site's empty halls and ballrooms.
- Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
- A look at the high-octane global live music industry and the quiet man at its center, featuring interviews, performances and appearances by a who's who of stars and insiders; with U2, Madonna, The Police, Lady Gaga, Rush and more.
- Five countries. Three friends. One broken heart.
- Nuno is a man working at a hot dog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno becomes mysteriously confined to his car, finding his life suddenly embargoed.
- April 1974. The Federal Councellor, annoyed by the anti-establishment tone of The French speaking Swiss radio channel, imposes "safer" subjects on Philippe de Roulet, the programs director. To please him, de Roulet sends to Portugal a team composed of Julie, a dedicated feminist, Cauvin, a former war reporter sidelined since he started losing memory, and Bob, a sound technician close to retirement, with the mission to report on the impact of Swiss aid to the country. They comply more or less reluctantly, but the results of their investigation are so pathetic that they decide to drop the whole thing and to drive back to Lausanne. This is exactly the time when their path crosses that of a trio of Belgian journalists who tell them that a full-scale revolution is under way...
- Royal romance and epic tragedy feature in this historical drama about Pedro I of Portugal and his lover, Ines de Castro. Their legendary, doomed love story is explored, as well as the darkness surrounding Pedro's powerful, sadistic father.
- Two people struggle to love one another due to families not getting along
- Lucas the cook, seduces America, the presidential candidate.
- In a Portugal gripped by a recession, Domingos and Olinda plan on robbing the national bank to turn the uncertainty around them into an opportunity.
- The consuming passion between Pedro I of Portugal and Ines de Castro is brutally interrupted when Ines is executed, as a consequence of political intrigue and in the name of the kingdom's interests. Pedro, cruelly hurt, pursues the single-minded purpose of avenging his lost love. He captures and kills the executioners, and compels the nobility to acknowledge Ines as his lawful wife and Queen of Portugal.
- Two couples live through attraction, distraction, sympathy, friendship, quarrel, jealousy, fidelity, and the Devil supervises it all by delivering solemn warnings in choice moments.
- In an accident, Margarida became blind. Years later, she and the man who ran her over fall in love, never imagining that their paths had crossed before.
- What stops two people from being together? A third one. What stops one person from fighting for another? Nothing. Pedro lives in the suburbs, where he works with his father in a garage. Everyday he takes the bus downtown where he goes to school and meets his friends. It's summertime and they all go down to the river where they spend their free time or even their school time. Among joints, motorbike riding and swimming, everything seems to go well with this group of friends, until the moment when Pedro and his best friend find out that both of them like the same girl. Pedro finds himself inside a downward spiral, where everything around him seems to fall apart. Like a magnet attracts the iron, Pedro seems to attract problems, from the school until his relationship with his parents. This is the story of Pedro, who by having his head being pushed down so much learned how to breathe under water.
- A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
- A college professor and maverick exorcist recruits a bunch of gifted college misfits to help him on his most dangerous quest yet.
- Rui is half way to the separation from Sílvia and João, his wife and son. Understanding that his father is unable to resolve the situation, and that he can never be happy within her, João decides to ask for the help of the mythical Bolivian hero, "El Justiciero".
- Having abandoned his family, due to religious incompatibility, Dr. Silveira had settled in Coimbra, where he dedicated himself to the sick, avoiding reconciliation, despite the intervention of Dr. Meneses.
- 2004's European Footballing Championship, held in Portugal.
- In Coimbra, law student José Duarte and Maria de Lisboa lived a romance which ends when he goes away, achieving fame and fortune by singing. But she's pregnant and they will meet again when she's arrested by allegedly abandoning their son.
- The three sons of a hotel owner want to bring their Palace-Hotel back to the glamour of former times. But an official in charge of health in the department of hostelery wants to close the hotel down. This film is without words as it is usual for Tricicle, a Spanish group of comediants.
- Miracle is a philosophical investigation into the most mysterious phenomenon in Christianity. The starting point for the film is the surprising fact that so many have opinions formed about Christendom without, at any time, dwelling on a sincere and thorough examination of its essential element: the miraculous events. The theme, impenetrable by any human science of yesterday, today or tomorrow, finds three of the most capable thinkers to examine this puzzle in a profound, fascinating and sweeping way.
- Simão loves Teresa whose father wants her to marry cousin Baltazar instead. The two lovers meet secretly; Baltazar pays a thug to kill his rival, and Simão is badly wounded. Teresa is forced into a convent. Mariana - who secretly loves Simão - treats him, and helps him to escape. SPOILERS AHEAD Baltazar intervenes, and this time the two rivals fight, and one of them dies. The love story will end tragically to the survivors. Simão is sentenced to prison in India - which amounts to a death sentence. Mariana goes with him, but neither will survive the voyage. Teresa dies in her convent, after receiving a last love letter from Simão.
- 200753mNot Rated4.6 (12)VideoJosé Bação Leal was a promising writer and thinker, he became a symbol of a youth that could not rise, victim of a country that put in cause its own future in a meaningless war.
- In the Portuguese countryside, Gu, a smooth talking romantic, steals a bike from a pair of bullies to go meet his girlfriend in the city; but Gu can only run so long before the bullies - and the truth - catch up with him.
- The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble families.
- In 1810, Joaquim, Ana and their two kids are separated by the imminent Buçaco battle, while Lord Wellington and Commander Masséna prepare their armies.
- This documentary follows an upstart indie rock band from a musically diverse neighborhood in Newark, NJ. The film presents a raw, intimate portrait of this band's dramatic journey since it formed in 2010. The band dreams of recording an album, playing at better venues and affording to keep playing music. Rui, Carlos and Kelly not only struggle to break through in the hyper competitive music scene, but their biggest challenge maybe to stay united amid a whirlwind of personal drama and intrigue.
- Uma equipa de televisão roda em várias localidades do país (S. Miguel, Coimbra, Vila do Conde, Lisboa) um filme inspirado na vida e obra do Poeta e Filósofo Anthero de Quental. Para Pedro K, o Realizador, a vida e a morte do Poeta serão encenadas pelo olhar de um Grupo de Saltimbancos e pelo testemunho de algumas das personalidades que o conheceram melhor: Ramalho Ortigão, Eça de Queiroz, Oliveira Martins, Teófilo Braga e sua irmã Ana Quental, cujos pontos de vista, por vezes contraditórios tentarão desvendar alguns dos enigmas que assombraram a atormentada existência de Athero e as completas razões que o levaram ao banco onde, sob a âncora da Esperança, o Poeta descreveu na vida e se suicidou. A rodagem decorre com as dificuldades inerentes a uma produção de baixo orçamento, mas sem grandes sobressaltos. No entanto para Pedro K este trabalho é mais do que um filme, é uma viagem aos misteriosos sinais do seu código genético...
- A writer starts a journey in search for the inspiration for he's next book. This quest takes him to the boundaries of he's own perception of reality, where the characters are ghosts that wonder through dreams. In this alternative world where fiction confuses itself with reality, the author plays the role of a character in a script bigger than life... or so it seems.