Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.
In a lake surrounded by buildings, a man builds a boat.
In a high-security prison in northern Portugal, a fine-cut, poetic portrait of Ernesto and Gaspard, who are waiting for better days.
He is a miner, everyday tries to go with the river flow. She dreams of escaping too, but she’s trapped...
When two boys leave for a philosophical journey and only one is prepared for it, their worlds will part forever.
Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.
Crime Blue Abyss Physical Remorse is inspired by the life and works of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. This controversial 20th century painter defied the world avant-garde of his time: “I don’t follow schools. I am an impressionist, cubist, futurist, abstractionist. A melting pot. The real tradition is not to try and relive the past – which is impossible to achieve – but rather something that sets up a follow-through, as happens with parents and children. A child and his father are never alike.” The film follows Amadeo’s motto. It crosses pictorial fiction – suggested by the emblematic picture “The Procession”, painted in Paris in 1913 – with Portuguese contemporary reality.
