Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.

An immigrant mother, hurting from a backache, calls for her son to help carry her groceries home. Along their way, they talk about the future through the past, returning to all of their disagreements, disillusionments, rancor and resentments.

When an actor assists to the premiere of the experimental B-movie he stars in, film blends with real life, turning it into an actual thriller.

A man is seen by a prostitute in his home. They try to communicate. But the loneliness they both carry creates a gap between them, enabling that communication.

It's summer in the Portuguese countryside, where the local festivities take place. Chico is haunted by a hate crime committed in his village against a boy who was secretly close to him. Throughout this journey, Chico, pressured by his friends, tries both to follow their social standards and to hide his fears and desires.

In an abandoned shopping center, Luis sees his best friend being assaulted. Incapable of facing it he runs away from the adolescent violence that haunts him while struggling against himself.

At the core of a royal court unbalanced by the long absence of its King, where women seem to have disappeared along with reason, the Crown Prince is murdered. Wrapped in the plot of the promoters of a decaying libertine spirit, the heir’s brothers, a pair of twins united by the music they play together and their Valet, witness a hunt for the prepetator launched by the palace doctor's deduction. In the background of all the chatter rises the individual desire of the twins for the dynasty.

Dalila and Virgínia, mother and daughter, meet each other somewhere isolated and discuss their relationship – and the restlessness Dalila feels because of her mother’s controlling demeanor. Will Dalila finally act and try to break free?

The story is set in a coastal town and follows the story of a man who has to come to terms with his hidden desires and longings. This leads to a confrontation with his past and his social relationships.

Vargas is an undercover agent whose mission is to capture a group of robbers. The robbery of a jewelry store will be the ideal moment to catch them in the act. After a conversation with Ricardo, one of the group's members, Vargas questions his view of the enemy, making the mission much more difficult.

At a garden fountain, a birdwatcher is distracted while his wife tries to talk about something important.

Alone on the street and unable to get into her house, Amelia tries to stay calm. But when she is approached by a stranger, her problem becomes even bigger.

Agressivity and the will to compete are also part of childhood. At a poor district’s boxing club the kids live a close friendship and find a place to express a fury that is violent but liberating.

Two friends meet and the news is given that the grandmother of one of them has died. What was supposed to be a moment of consolation ends up becoming a change of perspective on death.