Periferia Filmes

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.

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.

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

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.

In a high-security prison in northern Portugal, a fine-cut, poetic portrait of Ernesto and Gaspard, who are waiting for better days.

In a lake surrounded by buildings, a man builds a boat.