Movies and TvShows featuring "fado" theme.

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.

Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lisbon, and still feeling remorse over his impulsive killing of his faithless wife, Gelin manages to find love in the form of gorgeous widow Francoise Arnoul. Alas, it turns out that Arnoul has a sordid past of her own, leaving our hero sadder but wiser.

Amália is a biographical drama that tells the story of Amália Rodrigues, a famous Portuguese fado singer. The movie explores her personal and professional life, including her relationships with her sister, her mother, and her struggle with loneliness. It also delves into the political and social climate of the time and addresses themes of feminism, religion, and fear of illness and death.

Fados is a documentary film that explores the musical genre of fado, a Portuguese style of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics about longing and fate. The film explores the history and cultural significance of fado, and features performances by renowned fado singers.

In the year 1933, during the dictatorship in Lisbon, Portugal, the film explores the story of a group of artists and actors in the famous Parque Mayer theater. The plot revolves around the challenges they face, including censorship, abusive relationships, and the struggle to express themselves in a repressive regime.

Pierre, a middle-aged tourist guide, is the victim of a sudden failure : he does not recognize anything about him any longer. He goes back home and in his apartment he finds a mysterious young man who tells him he is here to avenge a young woman who has taken her own life. What share of responsibility does Pierre hold in this situation?

A French actress travels to Lisbon where she searches for the father of her child. Along her journey, she becomes entranced by the captivating world of a young nun, exploring themes of cross-cultural relationships, motherhood, and the mystical nature of faith.

The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.

Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a 'retiro' (typical fado tavern), public and critics rend major applause. Fame brings about new friends, namely bohemian young who play and sing the fado with her, and not so young men but who rich and powerful enough to patronize her, promote her, and wish to become intimate with her. Júlio the guitarist feel betrayed, and he sets his mind to depart to the African colonies, to leave her forever. Knowing that he's going to embark, Ana Maria's heart between her first love, and the appeal of the rich and famous.

A love letter from an American soul to the city of Lisbon.

Eduardo, the son of the wealthy farmer Jerónimo de Vinhais, falls in love and departs for Lisbon with the fado singer Maria da Graça, after studying abroad, and refusing his father "too" to be a taurenic knight.

A portrait of Amália by herself. Her personality, experiences, daring, songs, joys and sorrows and a journey that took her all over the world, are told here through moments when Amália crossed with the history of radio and television and public.

Documentary about the Portuguese singer Camané and the process of creating one of fado's key works, revealing a rigorous search that allows him to achieve masterful interpretations.

Two of most renowned portuguese musicians, Carlos do Carmo and Bernardo Sassetti, from the jazz, joined together in 2010 for a unique musical production. Carlos do Carmo is a great fado singer, while Bernardo Sassetti is a great jazz piano player. Their joint performance is a unique and fantastic blend of fado and Jazz.

A documentary film capturing a music session by Lina_Raül Refree at the Eurosonic festival in 2020. The session showcases their unique blend of fado music.