Sara Carinhas

The character of a novel gains life to torment the author, revisiting and reliving the story of a crime.

It is 1979. Four young ladies are hired to form a girl band. They can sing, they shine with their dancing, and they shock the country. They become a big hit. They are DOCE.

Somewhere in an unspecified time, Patrick Mendes presents an initiation ritual in a community at the ends of the earth.

The story about the romance of Snu Abecassis and the former Portuguese prime minister Sá Carneiro.

The story about the romance of Snu Abecassis and the former Portuguese prime minister Sá Carneiro.

Ramiro is a bookstore owner in Lisbon and a poet in perpetual creative block. He lives, somewhat frustrated, somewhat conformed, between his shop and the tavern, accompanied by his dog, his faithful drinking companions and his neighbors: a pregnant teenager and her grandmother recovering from a stroke. He would gladly continue living this quiet and somewhat anachronistic routine if events worthy of a soap opera did not invade his bubble.

We stare at mirrors as if 'image' was a weapon of self-defense. At night, I hide in actors' dressing rooms for a working class experience. By day, I face an old theatre being razed to the ground, making way for a parking lot. Graffitis have curtains, the nose cap of an umbrella arises from a mount of sand. Oh, Happy Days! No need to stage anything! The bulldozer is a dinosaur whose teeth and gracious neck swings by a EU flag. In the boxes, we await the audience. Sometimes, nobody comes. Lost in a symbolic show of reality, I can only watch the world's end because all the endangered species perform and a reflecting labyrinth of life stories breaks through the glass of the Economic Eating Machine. Even when the sky is falling, theatre will always happen. So, choose the right place.

Side Effects is the story of a woman who's not afraid to believe that happiness is not only possible but the only truth to be achieved. A woman who won't give up believing in people. A woman who will fight against all adversities in order to let others not to give up a life worth living. Nowadays, the desire for happiness is a real heroic act.

Teresa is a soap-opera actress. Meeting again an old passion brings her back apparently lost memories, leading her to question not only her love life but also her career options. In the studio, the daily work is spiced by the frenzy group of younger actors. After all, they all ask the same question: where does happiness lies?

Penúltimo largometraje de Manoel de Oliveira, que esta vez se divierte con una película de fantasmas en la que un fotógrafo emprende un viaje alucinado después de retratar a la hija muerta de los propietarios de un hotel. Sin caer en la nostalgia del que sabe que la visita de la Parca está proxima, el director nos invita a un viaje mágico en el que la realidad y la ficción se funden para darnos a entender que la vida y la muerte son una y la misma cosa. Contada con la sonrisa perpetua en los labios, la aventura de Isaac mantiene el encanto y la frescura del cine de la época silente, pero no su característica ingenuidad. Oliveira que, como el mismísimo Diablo, sabe más por viejo que por diablo, como él se divierte, manejando como un titiritero al desdichado fotógrafo.

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.

What starts as an animal lab experiment leads, in the future, to the development of artificial beings capable of carrying out the most varied and complex of tasks. Before being delivered to their customers, the manufacturer develops a kind of final quality control test, supervised by a technician, where certain skills (like learning the customer’s language) are improved. This part of the process invariably occurs in a closed environment, usually a house with key characteristics of the customers home. Alpha is one of such artificial beings. He and Beta are a couple only a few weeks away from being shipped to their future owners in Japan.

Un padre de familia de clase media alta lisboeta recibe en herencia una mansión en la sierra de la Garduña, al norte de Portugal. Cansado de la ciudad y contra los deseos de su mujer y sus tres hijos, decide mudarse a esta pequeña aldea, donde pasó parte de su infancia. Pero la idílica villa oculta un mundo siniestro de miedo, ignorancia y superstición que afecta inmediatamente la vida de toda la familia. Sólo el apoyo del joven sacerdote local sirve de ayuda a los personajes, que poco a poco son sugestionados por este pesado ambiente... ¿o será algo en la casa? (FILMAFFINITY)

Júlia is a 16 year old teenager. A sudden emergency hospital commitment helps her realize, although reluctent, that she suffers from a serious desease: nervous anorexy. Her recovery is slow, but she can count on the support from both her friend, parents and the psychologist.