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A Raiz do Coração (A Root of the Heart) is a Portuguese film set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist politician who is charismatic and unscrupulous. He obsessively pursues Silvia, a mystical and mysterious young transvestite whom he meets at the festival. When Silvia runs into Vicente, a policeman who arrests transvestites and threatens them, Silvia must look towards blackmail to save herself. Compromising photos of Cato start to emerge among opposition parties and he must do all in his power to save his political career.

A.Raiz.do.Coracao.2000.TVRip.x264-MaZ.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 53mn
Size: 	1.59 GiB
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Resolution: 	720x408 
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https://nitro.download/view/4CBEDDC1E12DC9E/A.Raiz.do.Coracao.2000.TVRip.x264-MaZ.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/61387FD07827E2D/A.Raiz.do.Coracao.2000.TVRip.x264-MaZ.srt

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English

The post Paulo Rocha – A Raiz do Coração AKA The Heart’s Root (2000) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Vanitas is the new feature film by veteran Portuguese director Paulo Rocha. With a script by Regina Guimarães, the film brings together actresses Isabel Ruth and Joana Bárcia – no strangers to this director’s world – in a story about a depressed fashion designer who falls in love with the daughter of one her tailors.

Vanity.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 43mn
Size: 	1.23 GiB
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#1:  	Portuguese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/17B6EBD55795DAE/Vanity.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English (Hardcoded)

The post Paulo Rocha – Vanitas AKA Vanity (2004) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat operator Antonio. Not long after their union, she becomes intensely jealous of Antonio’s fondness for their winsome goddaughter, Joana, and insinuates herself into a relationship brewing between Joana and a mystical gypsy gold salesman. Soon, tempers are flaring, mystical secrets are being revealed and death is hovering over the central characters.

O.Rio.do.Ouro.1998.1080p.WEB-DL.H264.AAC.2.0-CRVLX.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 41 min
Size: 	4.31 GiB
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Resolution: 	1998x1080 
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#1:  	Portuguese 2.0ch AAC LC @ 317 kb/s (AAC Stereo)

https://nitro.download/view/87DE6193362C1DF/O.Rio.do.Ouro.1998.1080p.WEB-DL.H264.AAC.2.0-CRVLX.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English and Spanish (remuxed)

The post Paulo Rocha – O Rio do Ouro AKA River of Gold (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Tribute to Paulo Rocha’s 1963 classic “The Green Year”

Where.Is.This.Street.or.With.No.Before.or.After.2022.SUBBED.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.h264-Peep.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 27 min
Size: 	10.3 GiB
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Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
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Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AAC LC

https://nitro.download/view/901FD455F0185BE/Where.Is.This.Street.or.With.No.Before.or.After.2022.SUBBED.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.h264-Peep.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese, English
Subtitles:English (hardcoded)

The post João Rui Guerra da Mata & João Pedro Rodrigues – Onde Fica Esta Rua? AKA Where Is This Street? Or with No Before or After (2022) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Inquietude, also known as Anxiety, is a movie in three parts; a one-act play, a short story, and a fable, bringing them all together brilliantly. It may seem talky at first, but there is some genuine thought going on behind the talk, and some of the images are gorgeous.

The first story is a one-act play about a father and son, both famous scientists. The father attempts convince his aging son to kill himself in order to achieve immortality. A character watching that play meets a courtesan named Suzy. He becomes obsessed with defining her and trying to immortalize her. Her response to nearly everything is, “it’s a small thing.” Finally, that character’s best friend tells him the story of “The Mother of a River” and Fisalina, the restless and troubled young girl who can’t accept life in her village. She becomes the next Mother of a River, destined to live for 1000 years until the next comes along. In essence, these three very different stories are all about mortality and identity. Oliveira is interested in who we really are and has the experience, the wisdom, and the patience to show it well.

Inquietude.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 47mn
Size: 	1.49 GiB
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Resolution: 	652x572 ~> 947x572
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Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	1 770 Kbps
BPP: 	0.190
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#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/FF8AD47F4B7BE51/Inquietude.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/028870DB043B94B/trailer.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Portuguese sub/idx muxed

The post Manoel de Oliveira – Inquietude aka Anxiety (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Paulo Rocha’s haunting second feature, CHANGE OF LIFE, is a beautifully-told story of a young man who returns from abroad to his small fishing village to discover that much has changed. Inspired by his work with Manoel de Oliveira, Rocha “cast” the local villagers as themselves, interspersed with experienced actors led by the great Isabel Ruth who would go on to become an Oliveira regular and an iconic presence in Pedro Costa’s OSSOS. The poetry of the local vernacular is captured in the textured dialogue written by fellow Portuguese filmmaker Antonio Reis, who met Rocha through Oliveira. The film was a critical and commercial success upon release, though it would effectively be the last film Rocha made for nearly two decades.

New digital restoration by the Portuguese Cinematheque and supervised by Pedro Costa.

3.64GB | 1h 34m | 1998×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/60C808EFD87CEB6/Mudar_de_Vida.mkv
or
https://tezfiles.com/file/2bc6ffd4fd772/Mudar_de_Vida.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English hard

The post Paulo Rocha – Mudar de Vida AKA Change of Life (1966) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country. Some years later, of all the brothers, Vitalino is the strongest and takes his father’s place in the house. But the village is too small for his aspirations and he decides to head to Brazil, leaving his sisters in charge of the household. In parallel with Vitalino’s story, If I Were a Thief… I’d Steal portrays the world of Paulo Rocha rummaging through his films and ghosts over the years.

1.51GB | 1h 27mn | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitroflare.com/view/B973A458A4EDA81/Se.Fosse.Ladrao.Roubava.2013.APH.DVDRip.x264-MaZ.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/1D952836AFF138F/Se.Fosse.Ladrao.Roubava.2013.APH.DVDRip.x264-MaZ.part2.rar

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:Portuguese (for non Portuguese Dialogue), English

The post Paulo Rocha – Se Eu Fosse Ladrão… Roubava AKA If I Were a Thief… I’d Steal (2013) first appeared on Cinema of the World.