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- DirectorAntónio-Pedro VasconcelosStarsJoaquim de AlmeidaEmmanuelle SeignerNicolau BreynerEvery year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war. On the summer of 1985, tired of their monotonous lives, they decide to rob a bank. Joaquim Malarranha, a chief inspector from the local police force who is about to retire, crosses their path and chooses to spend his last days of duty trying to solve the robbery. But as he carries on with his investigation, he discovers more than he could have ever imagined...
- DirectorCarlos Coelho da SilvaStarsJorge CorrulaSoraia ChavesNicolau BreynerAn young priest commits a crime when he falls in love with a beautiful and troubled woman.
- DirectorMaria de MedeirosStarsStefano AccorsiMaria de MedeirosJoaquim de AlmeidaStory of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
- DirectorAndré BadaloStarsPedro TeixeiraRita PereiraAna ZanattiThe hypochondriac Sebastião and his not so normal family must save the country from the prime minister's plan of selling the country to China, Germany, France and Angola, and show that Portugal is not for sale.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsRita BlancoAnabela MoreiraCleia AlmeidaA regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
- DirectorJosé Cottinelli TelmoStarsVasco SantanaBeatriz CostaAntónio SilvaAfter flunking in medical school, the young and bohemian Vasco need to trick his aunts, the main financers of his studies, preventing them to know that he is not a doctor.
- DirectorPedro VarelaStarsCésar MourãoLuana MartauMiguel GuilhermeHow happy and proud they are those two ladies back in Oporto! Thanks to them, their bright nephew can study medicine in Lisbon and may already have become a doctor. Little do they know, not only Vasco wastes all his time drinking, dancing and picking up girls but he has just failed his final exam! And in that same day, he receives an email from the two aunts announcing their visit to Lisbon! Will he be able to make them believe he is such a good student as they think?
- DirectorFrancisco RibeiroStarsMaria das NevesVasco SantanaAntónio SilvaThis classic of Portuguese cinema depicts the friendships and rivalries of the inhabitants of a square in downtown Lisbon, where exists a spirit of familiarity between neighbors.
- DirectorLeonel VieiraStarsMiguel GuilhermeSara MatosCésar MourãoA New age remake of a Portuguese classic, Pátio das Cantigas shows the lives of a neighbourhood in the Old Lisbon, including their desires, happiness and sadness, always with a good humour.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsNascimento FernandesVital dos SantosAntónio PalmaThe story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River. A gang of very young kids has just accepted a new member, Carlitos, a shy boy who has "played it tough" by stealing a doll in a shop. Carlitos soon has a crush on Terezinha, the only girl in the group. The trouble is that Eduardo, the gang boss, is also in love with the pretty girl. And he will not allow any rival to challenge him.
- DirectorArthur DuarteStarsAntónio SilvaMilúMaria EugéniaAnastácio lives in Lisbon and is fanatic for Sporting, one of the city's football teams. When the team travels to face Porto, he follows it with the family, staying in house of his friend, Mr. Barata, pretending to be rich.
- DirectorLeonel VieiraStarsMiguel GuilhermeSara MatosAna VarelaThe story revolves around Anastácio, an supporter of Leões de Alcochete and Mr. Barata, an supporter of Inferno Futebol Clube. One day, the two teams face each other. Which team will win?
- DirectorJuan de OrduñaStarsEusébioJulio CletoJosé David
- DirectorJosé Fonseca e CostaStarsMário ViegasLia GamaLuís LelloKilas 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-fascist person. Kilas is only happy to oblige, as he is being paid for the guys' work - until the contract is upped to place a bomb in the house. Now, that's too much even for a low pimp like Kilas! But - meanwhile he has a love dispute to settle with that house's owner; and that is a real psychological conflict that Kilas would wish not to have...
- DirectorAntónio-Pedro VasconcelosStarsAna ZanattiPedro OliveiraTeresa MadrugaAlvaro, a divorced journalist with a complicated love life, watches someone he doesn't know killing himself after a fight with a woman who he gave a lift. Intrigued by that mysterious sensual woman, he decides not to tell the police about the lift he gave her and investigates her by himself. He gets involved with her, but she remains too mysterious about her personal life. He ends up tangled in a web of murder, mystery and sex because of that woman, who he barely gets to know.
- DirectorArtur SemedoStarsHerman JoséRita RibeiroArtur SemedoBeladona was the greatest star, or so she thought. Careless of her rural property, she lived by night countless adventures. From one such nights in the arms of a stage and movie producer, she begot her dear Lilás. Alas, six minutes after birth, the boy was taken from her and declared dead - due to the intrigue of the producer, who didn't want to recognize the child as his. Taken into custody by a surrogate mother, twenty years after the child grew into a man, who starts his education in the very fado (folk song, also meaning destiny) tavern where his real mother is. Beladona is still an attractive woman - and drama is round the corner.
- DirectorJosé Fonseca e CostaStarsAssumpta SernaRaul SolnadoPatrick BauchauIn Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.
- DirectorJosé Fonseca e CostaStarsCarmen DoloresVirgilio TeixeiraMário ViegasTwo lovers meet again in strange circumstances, when she is a recent widow not particularly grieving, and he is a divorcée mourning his daughter. They reunite, only to break again - this time for good.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsMaria de MedeirosMiguel GuilhermeLuís Miguel CintraPatients in a mental institution see themselves as Adam and Eve, Sonia and Raskolnikov, a Philosopher and a Prophet, Alyosha and Ivan Karamazov, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary and St Teresa of Avila.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsLeonor SilveiraCécile Sanz de AlbaLuís Miguel CintraEma 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 decides to sleep in a separate room, to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. With time she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage so, with all the freedom she has, she takes a lover.
- DirectorBruno CerveiraStarsArtur AgostinhoGordon BanksFranz BeckenbauerA profile of the legendary soccer player Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, with footage of his career and a comprehensive list of interviews of former colleagues and other football legends, journalists, writers and politicians.
- DirectorLuís Filipe RochaStarsAfonso PimentelJoão LagartoLaura SoveralFor a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. But dreams are sometimes just a way to avoid facing reality...
- DirectorJoaquim LeitãoStarsMaria de MedeirosJoaquim de AlmeidaKarra ElejaldeCatarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, setting up an elaborate charade to lure him into her bed. When Catarina reveals her pregnancy, though, her current live-in girlfriend doesn't take to it kindly and promises to make Catarina's life hell; to make matters worse, Rafael finds out her true identity and comes to Lisbon to see her. And Catarina's sole refuge is in the arms of fellow journalist Francisco, her professional relationship slowly becoming a romantic one.
- DirectorJoão César MonteiroStarsCláudia TeixeiraJoão César MonteiroManuela de FreitasJoão 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 world, however, does not comply with his decaying vision of lust and decay as a way of achieving his purpose.