Lines of Wellington (
2012) | IMDb:
6
Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.
Starring:
Nuno Lopes
,
Soraia Chaves
,
Marisa Paredes
,
John Malkovich
,
Carloto Cotta
,
Victoria Guerra
Produced by:
Paulo Branco
Cosmopolis (
2012) | IMDb:
5.1
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.
Starring:
Robert Pattinson
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Sarah Gadon
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Jay Baruchel
,
Kevin Durand
Mysteries of Lisbon (
2010) | IMDb:
0
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.
Starring:
Adriano Luz
,
Maria João Bastos
,
Ricardo Pereira
,
Clotilde Hesme
,
Afonso Pimentel
,
João Arrais
Directed by:
Raúl Ruiz
Ashes and Blood (
2009) | IMDb:
5.9
Exiled from her country since her husband's murder ten years earlier, Judith lives in Marseille with her three children. After having refused to see her family for years, Judith, in spite of her fears and secrets, allows herself to be influenced by her children's wishes and accepts an invitation to their cousin's wedding. They set off to spend a summer in the old country, discovering their roots and their past. But Judith's return revives old hatreds between rival clans. The spiral of violence is inexorably set in motion, blood will tell...
Starring:
Ronit Elkabetz
,
Abraham Belaga
,
Marc Ruchmann
,
Claire Bouanich
,
Olga Tudorache
,
Ion Besoiu
Directed by:
Fanny Ardant
A Few Days in September (
2006) | IMDb:
5.2
1 September 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to work with him, and David, his adoptive son, will help him and lead the girl to her father. Chased by William Pound, a strangely poetic psycho, they will defy the dangers of international espionage from Paris to Venice and finally get to Elliot on 11 September 2001.
Directed by:
Santiago Amigorena
The Fifth Empire (
2004) | IMDb:
6.2
Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make Portugal the world's Fifth Empire.
Starring:
Ricardo Trêpa
,
Luís Miguel Cintra
,
Glória de Matos
,
Miguel Guilherme
,
David Almeida
,
Ruy de Carvalho
Directed by:
Manoel de Oliveira
Produced by:
Paulo Branco
I Am Dina (
2002) | IMDb:
6.5
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living.
Starring:
Maria Bonnevie
,
Gérard Depardieu
,
Christopher Eccleston
,
Bjørn Floberg
,
Pernilla August
,
Amanda Jean Kvakland
Directed by:
Ole Bornedal
Until the End of the World (
1991) | IMDb:
6.8
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
Starring:
William Hurt
,
Solveig Dommartin
,
Sam Neill
,
Max von Sydow
,
Rüdiger Vogler
,
Ernie Dingo
Directed by:
Wim Wenders