Movies: Portuguese

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism....

A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers....

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have...

The Tatu Tatuado de Topázio ring, by socialite Gracinha de Medeiros, is on display at a museum. She then hires the clumsy security guards Pedrão and Jorginho to watch over the jewel, a family heirloom. The ring is stolen and the pair accused of theft...

Don't give up! You haven't failed yet. What would you do if you or a family or friend were diagnosed with cancer? Would you risk it all for surgery or risk it all to see live what life you have left to the fullest?...

One night, the phone rings in a traditional Portuguese snack bar from the country side. The Spanish Civil Guard is looking for Kunta. He isn't there and till he arrives people speculate about those phone calls and about who is that man. His he a thie...

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals"....

The life of a Portuguese woman....

The film is based on the true story of the Great Catholic Christian Massacre of nearly 700 Christians that took place in 1544 in Mannar and the chain of events related to the same massacre that took place in 1560....

A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by American activists Robert Van Lierop, it details the relationship of the liberation to the wider regional ...

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Miguel, a debutant director, and his young team live a series of tribulations during the shootings of their first film, which unrolls between Lisbon, Venice, Paris and Madrid....

Tells the story of the legendary 16th century naval captain Mohammed, a brave warrior and merchant supported the Samoodiri in his fight against the Portuguese. The Samoodiri honoured Mohammed by making him his naval chief and renaming him ‘Kunjali Ma...

One night on Valentine's Day, Rúben take dinner in a restaurant until someone spills accidentally a glass of wine on his shirt. Within the quiet of the street he smokes a cigarette with Jorge. Between cigarette puffs Jorge asks him a simple question ...

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In search of glory, Portuguese Major Afonso Ferreira sees himself consumed in the deepest darkness of the Congo....

After the adoption of a very unusual pet by this girls mom, she will have to come to terms with living with a seagull named Espanhola....

Comedian Salvador Martinha talks technology, trends, relationships and more in a stand-up special that doesn't take itself too seriously....

A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material...

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....