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Things in Portugal weren’t what they are now. The story of this film is the story of bygone days when Portugal was hidden away from the rest of the world, when men were obliged to go to countries many Portuguese people could not point out on the map.
Men died and changed in these lands. Alex was only 10 years old, but he remembers, so its better for him to tell the story.
He was orphaned in the seventies. Voice: “Do you remember your father?” Alex: “No”. Voice: “Do you remember your mother?” Alex: “No”. This is a lie. Today he remembers everything, he remembers their faces very well. He misses them, which is probably why he’s telling this story. His father was sent to Africa, he came back and nobody saw him. Then his mother went to look for him and he came home. Now thre’s nobody at home but Alex.

1.95GB | 2h 06m | 768×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/7F5A81435654D9A/A.Idade.Maior.1991.VOD.x264-MaZ.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:French (hardcoded)

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Lisbon of the nineties. Three siblings, a girl and two boys, live together in a most close kind of relationship. The centre of the story is the girl, Maria, who hardly ever says what she thinks neither knows what she wants. “Teresa Villaverde re-states her sensitiveness in this portrait of a fragile girl in a film of high visual elegance of utmost sadness.”
Positif, November 1994

https://nitro.download/view/D39F785102F93E0/Tres.Irmaos.v2.1994.VHSRip.x264-MaZ.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/3ED42C69F89E1C1/Tres.Irmaos.v2.1994.VHSRip.x264-MaZ.en.srt
https://nitro.download/view/EF000C10B0DB438/Tres.Irmaos.v2.1994.VHSRip.x264-MaZ.pt.srt

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English,Portuguese

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In Portugal, a father, a mother and a daughter’s daily lives are being subsumed by the effects of the economic crisis.

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Colo, a new film by Alce Films from Writer/Director Teresa Villaverde was screened at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in Competition. The film utilized an unorthodox approach. After the opening scene of over-the-sholuder close-ups and Hollywood style medium close-ups on reverse angles, deep focus long-shots were utilized. Often times the frame pulled out rather than pushing in – a more typical filmmaking technique.

The narrative focuses on a family in the midst of economic crisis. The father, played by João Pedro Vaz, has lost. not only his job, but his strength and fortitude to continue looking for work. Instead, he escapes to the apartment dwelling rooftop to look wistfully upon the horizon. The mother, played by

Beatriz Batarda, works two jobs with little time for her daughter or husband. It’s not a lack of caring. Rather, it’s a lack of life force energy. Alice Albergaria Borges portrays the daughter. She’s of high school age and is experiencing all the typical changes and social issues inherent within. Only, her issues seem magnified. Until the camera pulls out revealing stunning, picturesque mise-en-scene. (Larry Gleeson)

http://nitroflare.com/view/989B01AD820CEA6/Colo.2017.576p.WEBRip.x264-gooz.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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