In 1588, a castaway from the Spanish Armada, sent from Portugal by Philip II of Spain to conquer England, is captured on an Irish beach. There he is tried, declared guilty and hanged to death. All of this would be reasonable according to the laws of war and hatred among humans. The problem is the...
This is the story of a sixty day long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no plans for what to do next – only the bare essentials in the backpack. Out traveller explores the mountains, the villages, the sea, a talking tortoise, the goats, the music, the dry haze, the people of Cape...
Rio de Janeiro, near future. Marlow is a police officer assigned to a mission to find Captain Kurtz, a famous policeman who went missing in mysterious circumstances. Marlow has to do his mission in a boat, undertaking a dangerous journey through the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
At evening, Carlos disappears... Lea, Pedro and Rafa start looking for him, they search all around Sintra. Was already night time when there was just one place they didn't go... the Castle "dos Mouros". Even how frightened they were the start the walk, through the castle. At that time parents were...
The Day Ewan McGregor Introduced Me to his Parents
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Marta has just turned 40 and is tormented by the idea of not being a mother. Suddenly her life has passed by without stopping a minute and she looks back to see what happened to all the time that’s already gone by. She hasn’t had a boring life, quite the opposite, but from the first kiss she...
A shoemaker wrapped up in memories of his life and the demands of his job, experiences a crucial moment in his existence. We accompany him through an enormous day in his life which will determine his future.
Ivan has worked has a butcher all his life. His dream is to have a furniture shop, but he isn't sure he is brave enough to change now. The Butcher's is an old family tradition and has been passed from generation to generation, and it weighs on Ivan like destiny itself. He has a daily routine: a...
A cardboard boy makes-believe inside a cardboard box. Dodu, the cardboard boy, is very sensitive and lives in a city wich is really hostile towards little children. So he spends many hours indoors, playing with Carica, his ladybug friend. Whenever Dodu scratches the surface of the cardboard box, he...
palindrome | adj. s. m. (Greek: palindromos, running back again) adj. s. m. adj. s. m. A verse or word or group of words which can be read from left to right or from right to left (Amor/Roma).
Losing herself in a new city, Ana finds Alice, her doppelgänger, and follows her. Face to face, glimpsing their respective abysses, they will discover what it means to become themselves, as they uncover new paths amidst the memories, languages and images of the cities they inhabit.
By mistake, she drinks the paintbrush water and turns into a drawing. From that point on, the world of everyday things and the world of creation dance around a cabinet. Inside it, each moment, each memory and each action become unique. As a book grows and becomes real, we follow the Tocadora in her...
Alma wakes up every day with a new condition, suffering the most varied physical transformations that reflect her feelings of inadequacy and prevent her from having a normal daily routine. With each passing day, Alma gradually feels more alone.
Daydreaming of unlikely relationships, the flower, as delicate as it is revolutionary, represents an act of love in the midst of the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.
A child is lost from her mother and refuses to move from the same place. A policeman stops everyone else to make her move. The still girl and the policeman that guards her stop traffic and stir up the city’s hearts.
In a rocky island exposed to the elements, a lighthouse keeper lives alone with his daughter. From the top of his tower, the father keeps vigil to the horizon line and for the safety of the passing sails. With no other company, the girl develops a unique complicity with the sea, which brings her...
A very well known Portuguese bullfighter arrives in Spain. El Matador will execute a long awaited "faena". His son, Pedrito, accompanied him in this trip. He dreams to one day become just like his father. However, just before the bullfight starts, between the backstage hustle and bustle Pedrito...
