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Browse 54 movies from Lusófona Filmes
In the Queluz-Belas area, on the Sintra Line, Edi, Yuri, and Válter are surrounded by crime: gangs, drug trafficking, robberies; situations that have become normal for them. Their time is divided between school and the time they spend together writing lyrics, listening to music, and walking along the Sintra Line. Under pressure from Jay Dogg, the leader of the RXR Boyz, the three boys will have to decide which side of the line they want to be on, ultimately having to make choices that could completely change their lives.
Jul 2021
Guilherme is a boy with 13 years old that plays tennis, he has to see and deal with his nightmares and his own fears.
Oct 2021
Although they don’t all know each other, a group of young people find their lives unexpectedly intertwined during a party. Luísa, 23, begins to question her boyfriend Rui’s sexuality after discovering a condom wrapper and noticing his odd behavior. Kyle, 25, returns to Portugal and reconnects with Pedro, who comes out as non-binary. Júlia, 23, gains the courage to tell her girlfriend Rosa, 21, that she has begun her gender transition. Margarida, 19, meets Inês at the party and starts to question her relationship with her boyfriend Afonso, 21, ultimately coming out as bisexual. Vicente, 20, is diagnosed with HIV and, with Inês’s support, goes through the five stages of grief over the course of the night. Through intimate moments and quiet revelations, each character confronts identity, love, and acceptance.
Jul 2022
Duarte rushes out of the house when he is confronted by his brother, Samuel, and is forced to explain why he has to run away. A few days later, Samuel is confronted by a group of drug dealers who have come to collect the debts left by his younger brother, Duarte. Feeling pressured, Samuel ends up choosing the quickest solution and agrees to take part in the fights.
A making of documentary that records the productions days of a university film crew, making a short film called 'Incomum'.
Jul 2018
Marco is a 16-year-old who plays tennis daily as a way of sheltering his helplessness towards his father's depression.
José is a young boxer who trains at the gym run by his father, Carlos.
Manuel, an elderly deaf and mute man who had suffered a stroke, has just arrived at a nursing home and establishes a tender relationship with a nurse, rejuvenating his troubled relationship with his father.
Feb 2023
The story of Lucas, a 13 year-old kid who swears vengeance to the man that abuses his mother in exchange for a miserable life.
Mar 2015
On a winter afternoon. 20 year Henrique tries to call his sister without success. A boy in yellow has difficulties giving a birthday present to Henrique. Between past and present situations, Henrique searches for attention where it doesn't exist.
Feb 2017
Eva and Sónia, orphans in their twenties, with very different backgrounds from each other, are in a romantic relationship held only by a van in which they live in and travel across the country.
Pedro is a solitary writer who decides to embark upon an imaginary disorientation in order to get to the central idea for his next novel.
Jul 2015
Jul 2026
After sinking, Carlos turns up at the coast along with his colleagues. In a struggle for life already lost, Carlos tries to seek salvation by accepting death leaving his family behind.
Jul 2019
Maria, an elderly woman that lives alone, asks her neighbor for help fixing her TV.
Jun 2022
"ÉVORA" follows the story of António Évora, an actor retired due to a health condition. The longing and permanent absence from the stage brings with it a reflection on the times when he was young, the joy of applause and what is to come.
Jun 2023
A young poet suffering from a heartbreak, embarks alone on a journey in search of his happiness.
Feb 2016
Sep 2022
The process that takes a piece of jewelry conceived by the house Leitão e Irmão, from the ideia to the delivery for the customer.
And only the Man remains immune. Consumed by desperation, in an attempt to save the Woman and protect his Son, the Man goes looking for help and travels through the village where nothing is as it seems. During a surreal and hallucinating night, the Man, haunted by memories of another life, begins to lose track of reality.