Filipe Duarte

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During the war of in-dependency Evita (Beatriz Batarda) moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís (Filipe Duarte). She slowly discovers how different and disturbing life is in a country of war and when her husband is send on a military mission she starts to fight loneliness. Over time she finds out more about her husband and Mozambique than she would have imagined in her peaceful European home. Racism, violence, injustice and fatalism make life unbearable… (exploring this “insufferableness” makes it a very Portuguese movie)Read More »

Night falls over Lisbon. But Hugo can’t go home. Antonio has died, and for some reason, he can’t stop thinking about his old love, Adriana.

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The youth uncertainty of A Girl in Summer becomes middle age regret. A whole country in suspension living in a haunted house covered in shadows. A truly invisible life. This would make a great double bill with Horse Money, both reports on the Portuguese living dead from different class perspectives.Read More »

António Variações was a unique man. He was born in a small village in Amares, in the north of Portugal. At an early age, unhappy with his life working at a local factory, he came to Lisbon to stay with some relatives. But he was different and he wanted more. He wanted to travel and see the world and he emigrated, starting to work as a barber. But his love for music and performance was so strong that he came back so he could sing in his own language, even if with his looks and outfits he was a victim of prejudice. And even without knowing anything about music he fought for his right to do it the way he believed it was best.Read More »

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Cinzento e Negro tells the story of David, who steals a lot of money from an old man and escapes to the Azores, where he begins a new life and falls in love with a lonesome local woman named Marina. But no crime goes without punishment, and the couple will soon be chased by a former colleague of David’s, Maria, and a policeman, Lucas (Filipe Duarte), who wish to recover the stolen money and keep it for themselves.Read More »