A Portuguesa

A young French actress in Lisbon to shoot a movie is intrigued by a nun she sees kneeling in the chapel where she is filming.

North of Italy, the von Kettens dispute the forces of the Episcopate of Trent. Herr Ketten seeks marriage in a distant country, Portugal. After their honeymoon journey back home, Ketten leaves again for the war. Eleven years elapsed… Rumours are running about the presence of that 'foreigner' in the castle. Some say she's a heretic. Until one day, the Bishop of Trento ends up dying and, with the signature of peace, falls the background of von Ketten's life. Will the Portuguese win, where death seems to be moving in?

Following the Revolution of April 25, 1974, the walls of the city of Lisbon became a means of celebrating and transmitting revolutionary ideals and slogans. The text by painter António Domingues praises this plastic work initiated by the Plastic Artists Cell of the Portuguese Communist Party.

A synthesis of the life and soul of Portugal, with the sea, the river, the mountains, the plains, and the people who dance and work, cry and laugh, are born and die. From the Minho to the Algarve, distant places, sometimes difficult to access, were chosen for their beauty and picturesque, to figure in a register that allies realism to poetry?

María is married to Jose, a man somewhat older than her, who just got out of jail. She works at a fishing port and Joseph in a boat. Although their love begins with hope, soon becomes a curse, where the abuse are the order of the day.

An introduction to cinema made by Portuguese-speaking women, narrated by a fictionalized Bárbara Virgínia, the first Portuguese woman director.

What is the possibility of knowing a man who died fifty years ago, if everyone who closely shared with him disappeared, or were too young to really know him?

In Portugal, two Brazilian scholars analyze the historical, cultural, and spiritual ties between the two countries.

À travers l'univers à la Cinemateca Portuguesa de Lisbonne (June 22, 2017) is an episode of Gérard Courant's Filmed Notebooks shot during the retrospective of his films at the Cinemateca Portuguesa in Lisbon. In this episode of the Filmed Notebooks, António Rodrigues, programmer of the Cinemateca Portuguesa and Gérard Courant present to the public the session of Through the Universe.

“Lusitanos” seeks to portray the Portuguese that exists and resists in the heart of each one. Between achievements and difficulties, the film goes after characters who helped write Lusa's 100 years of history.

This is one of Noronha da Costa's films in which the "fictional" component is most visible. D. Jaime or the Portuguese Night, like the rest of Noronha da Costa's films, is part of the gothic films (Terence Fisher's work was one of his great influences), and in it he shows the different variations around the "specular bodies", which evolve into luminous magic and into sensual and sensory incandescence. At the same time, we witness a series of ironic and erotic, or historical, views of wicked virgins and laughable sadists, all resurrected from German and British romanticism, while the scenery is no longer Portuguese.

Cooking is fashionable, everyone wants to learn how to cook and prepare fine dining ... But how did it all start? Portugal has one of the richest cuisines in the world, the result of recipes and traditions accumulated throughout our existence as a nation. Over six episodes, six Chef's have a story to tell: that of Portuguese Gastronomy. With Chef Ljubomir Stanisic, Chef Kiko Martins, Chef Nuno Bergonse, Chef Marlene Vieira, Chef Diogo Noronha and Chef Susana Felicidade we travel through our own history, discovering and investigating old Portuguese cookbooks, from royal kitchens to common kitchens from the 19th century. XVI to the century. XX. In each episode a century of the history of Portugal is analyzed through the gastronomy and habits of the time. The main character is one of Chef´s, who explores a cookbook published in this century, with the help of scholars and specialists in the field, who make the necessary historical background, revealing curiosities and facts. At the end of the episode, the Chef chooses a recipe from the book to recreate, respecting the methods and using their ingredients in seasonal kitchens.

Documentary about the Portuguese book censured by the portuguese dictatorship "Novas Cartas Portuguesas" , wrote by Maria Velho da Costa, Maria Isabel Barreno e Maria Teresa Horta in 1972. The trial of the 3 Marias was the first moment of the Portuguese feminist movement with an international visibility. It stirred up the stagnant waters of dictatorship and was a deafening cry sent out to the world. What was the impact of the work they were judged for? How different are our lives today? On the 50th anniversary of the book, the documentary Novissimas Cartas Portuguesas celebrates the book, courage and women. All women.