Marta Mateus

After the Carnation Revolution the peasants in the Alentejo region occupied the huge proprieties where they were once submitted to the power of their masters. The protagonists of this film, resistants of this struggle, tell their story to the youngsters of today, in their own words.

After the Carnation Revolution the peasants in the Alentejo region occupied the huge proprieties where they were once submitted to the power of their masters. The protagonists of this film, resistants of this struggle, tell their story to the youngsters of today, in their own words.

After the Carnation Revolution the peasants in the Alentejo region occupied the huge proprieties where they were once submitted to the power of their masters. The protagonists of this film, resistants of this struggle, tell their story to the youngsters of today, in their own words.

Mother and son move into a new house, a new city, a new story.

Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading them to kidnappe the company’s director in an act of despair. Who is Humberto? What company is that? In which paths will he take us, after his death? Cinerama is an edgy, enigmatic, but not distant film that brings up genres of cinema as well as other forms of art like dance, theatre and poetry. The film reflects ways of being in life.

A and B get on the train, full of excitement Love and jealousy/Ashes and fire/Pain and sin Just before it leaves, C boards too. All this exists / All this is sad / All this is fado.

In this evocative story told ingeniously with minimal dialogue, men and women from various backgrounds and places each deal with the loss of a loved one.

La ciudad de Santa María está sumidiéndose en el caos mientras una facción militar está lista para tomar el poder en un golpe de estado. Ossorio, un hombre que solía llamar hogar a Santa María, vuelve a la ciudad en el momento más oscuro, decidido a rescatar a la mujer que ama de un triste destino en manos de una violenta mafia. Mientras Ossorio busca a su amor, conoce a Victoria en un desvencijado hotel, que a su vez le presenta a su padre Barcala, quien a cambio de dinero está dispuesto a llevar a Ossorio y otro pasajero en su barco, para escapar de la ciudad. Ossorio está decidido a pagar lo que le piden, ¿pero logrará encontrar a la mujer antes de que el barco zarpe?

Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of love and how we must learn to cherish it against all odds in the pursuit of happiness.

En la entrada de una discoteca en Lisboa, dos chicos, Pedro y Rui, se besan apasionadamente. Pedro coge el coche de vuelta a casa y Rui entra en la discoteca donde trabaja. Minutos más tarde, Pedro tiene un accidente mortal. En otra parte de la ciudad, Odete sueña con tener un hijo, pero su novio no quiere compromisos y la abandona...

An authentic and convincing story of a small boy, son of a disrupted young couple, with all the typical hostile reactions about his mother's new love relationship and a behavior showing a mixture of love and resentment towards her, ending in a curious and somewhat moving friendship between the child and a Russian migrant worker who in a certain way replaces his estranged father.

Three girls from the Lisbon suburbs, Bruna, Marta and Sara, are having a bit of fun. They've discovered that people in general are prepared to give things to young, attractive and good-natured people, and they exploit this shamelessly. Francisco, a neighbour of theirs, has given up on life. He's abandoned his wife and child to take refuge far from those who might hurt him ; in effect dying. He's ashamed of this, and never ever looks at anyone. This has given him, amongst the women of the neighbourhood, the reputation of being able to tell, just by looking at a couple, how long they'll stay together. The sudden news of the death of his much loved wife, upsets Francisco's routine.