Sara is a TV show that follows the journey of a young woman as she navigates the challenges of life, love, and career. With a mix of comedy and drama, Sara's story is sure to captivate audiences.
How to Draw a Perfect Circle (2009) explores the taboo subject of incestuous twin siblings and the psychological and emotional complexities of their relationship. Set in Lisbon, Portugal, the movie delves into themes of jealousy, teenage sexuality, and coming-of-age. The dysfunctional brother-sister relationship and the loss of virginity play prominent roles in the plot, as well as other explicit sexual acts and emotional turbulence.
The series develops around cases of homicides that occurred during the summer, at the time of the economic and social crisis that affected Portugal.
A teacher named Raimund Gregorius saves a young woman from jumping off a bridge, which leads him to discover the book of a Portuguese doctor and poet, Amadeu de Prado. Intrigued by the book, Gregorius travels to Lisbon to uncover the hidden history of Prado and the resistance movement during the Carnation Revolution.
A famous DJ named Frankie Wilde begins to lose his hearing and battles with drug addiction. Despite these challenges, he attempts a comeback and proves that music can still be his salvation.
In a family-run hotel, by the Portuguese northern shore, lives a group of women from different generations of the same family, whose relationships with each other have grown poisoned by bitterness. They try to survive in the declining hotel, as the unexpected arrival of a granddaughter to this oppressive space stirs trouble, reviving latent hatred and piled-up resentments.
Alice is a drama/romance movie that tells the story of a father dealing with the disappearance of his child. Set in Lisbon, Portugal, the film explores themes of depression and the search for a missing person. It also delves into the routine and mundane aspects of life as the father tries to cope with the situation. Inspired by a true story, Alice takes the audience on a journey filled with emotional moments and unexpected twists.
António is a farmer who leaves his land to go to the city where his son Jorge lives. However, unlike a perfect portrait, the patriarch finds a life of lies, a broken marriage and Pedro, a grandson with dangerous attitudes. It all translates into a life of broken dreams.
In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz, as the main inspiration to the story. The creative process of the book takes a dangerous path, ultimately compromising the love they feel for each other.
Struggling against the crisis in Portugal, a mother doubles up jobs to pay the bills since her husband is unemployed. Their teenage daughter tries to keep living everyday life even if the money is running short, which makes everything uneasy. Escaping from their common reality, they slowly become strangers to one another, as the tension grows in silence and in guilt.
The Lone Wolf follows the story of a troubled loner who battles his inner demons while dealing with the aftermath of a mysterious suicide. As he delves deeper into the dark secrets of a small town, he must confront the darkness within himself.
Blood of My Blood is a movie that explores the intricate dynamics of a family, highlighting themes of love, betrayal, and violence. Set in the suburbs of Lisbon, Portugal, the film delves into the lives of a mother and daughter as they navigate poverty, drug dealing, and the consequences of their choices. The story takes unexpected turns, including accidental incest and a forbidden affair with a married man. Through its raw portrayal of human emotions, Blood of My Blood provides a compelling narrative filled with tension and conflict.
Joana, 40 years old medical phychiatric, is married to Paul, an executive of a large financial company. Paul hopes that Joana fulfils her role and follows his constant social influences demonstrations. But the marriage is profoundly altered when Mónica, a young model, enters Joana´s life. Irresistibly attracted, they involved romantically, in a world of liberating experiences and feelings. But this will be a short trip, since the revelation of this affair forces Paulo to take drastic measures... ~ FICA
Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors, actors and technicians.
Dois Dragões follows a small dog on an adventure in a Chinese restaurant, where its owner (Ana Zanatti) goes to have dinner with her daughter (Beatriz Batarda). Terrorised by the possibility of being turned into Chop Suey, the dog passes a frightening night, running through the restaurant and hearing the telenovela-like conversations taking place at the different tables. With the camera placed in the dog’s perspective, this short film acts as an amusing panorama of Lisbon society at the end of the 20th century.
An adaptation of the 1907 political novel of the same title by Joseph Conrad set in Portugal during the so-called "Hot Summer" of 1975, re-contextualizing the anarchist prose within the Carnation Revolution.
Saint George is a movie about a debt collector and boxer who forms an unlikely relationship with an interracial child. Set in Lisbon, the protagonist faces challenges such as intimidation and extortion. Boxing and the dynamics of a father-son relationship are also explored.
A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn between being present for his wife and the space that his mother takes up between the two of them. A mother encourages her daughter’s marriage to enable her own love affair with her son-in-law. Another mother lives through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions. Three families at the end of their cycles of acceptance.
A technical problem aboard a transatlantic flight forces a plane to land in Porto Santo, the small island of Madeira's archipelago where, according to a legend, Christopher Columbus the 15th century navigator, lived for a while and entertained a sexual relationship with a widow and her nubile daughter. A girl photo journalist profits to stay the extra-needed days for repair, to visit the island - and eventually she'll become part of complex relationships among some of the secluded people of the island. Also, a yacht lost in the high seas in 1947 reappears from the misty horizon 50 years later - to unite Fanny and João, a contemporary navigator.