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Writing
João Matos Silva
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Just Pedro · 1972Just Pedro
★ 4.51972
MovieDrama
Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.
Vidas a Crédito · 2012Vidas a Crédito
2012
MovieDrama
Sofia is a big spender so she frequently abuses of the credit card. When her husband is fired, she is forced to change her life.
O Mal-Amado · 1974O Mal-Amado
★ 6.11974
MovieDrama
The Soares are a bourgeois couple, living in a good neighbourhood of Lisbon, but João, their son, is not integrating well in that pattern. He attends more political meetings than classes at the Faculty of Economy, and gets a job but that's short lived because his female boss makes him her lover. He longs for the coffee shops, and the companions of old, but he doesn't get true love from anyone.
The Guns and the People · 1977The Guns and the People
★ 7.41977
MovieDocumentary
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnation Revolution", as that period would be later known.
E Depois Matei-o · 2012E Depois Matei-o
★ 7.02012
Movie
Two women victims of domestic violence exchange stories through the grids of a prison. One changes the life of another.
Herculano · 1981Herculano
1981
MovieDocumentary
Centenary of the death of Alexandre Herculano.
Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte · 1981Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte
★ 8.01981
Movie
Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.
Caminhos da Liberdade · 1974Caminhos da Liberdade
★ 10.01974
Movie
Documentary about the Portuguese Revolution of April 25th, 1974 which focuses on events like the siege of the Carmo quarters and the release of the political prisoners at Forte de Caxias.
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