Adelaide João

Most Popular Adelaide João Trailers

Total trailers found: 65

Cats Don't Have Vertigo Trailer (2014)

25 September 2014

Jô is kicked out of home by his father on his birthday. Having no place to go, he takes refuge in the terrace of Rose, who just lost her husband.

A Estranha Morte do Professor Antena Trailer (1983)

27 July 1983

The film is inspired by the Mário de Sá-Carneiro short story, where the narration is made by Professor Antena's assistant who walks by his side when he is run over in a perhaps enigmatic way.

The Jester Trailer (1987)

31 October 1987

Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.

Ruy Blas Trailer (2002)

27 October 2002

Chased out of the Spanish court, a nobleman uses the services of his valet to take revenge. He orders him to seduce the queen in order to better compromise her.

A Falha Trailer (2002)

24 October 2002

Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys" realise that time has accentuated their differences.

Blarghaaahrgarg Trailer (2010)

01 October 2010

Zeca is a loser. He lives with his grandmother and works as an exterminator. One day, while working, Zeca has an accident which will spawn the meanest, most horrible monster ever.

Fin de curso Trailer (2005)

15 July 2005

There are two months to the end of High School Spanish classes in Lisbon and it's time to decide the destination for the end of year trip.

Se Podes Olhar Vê. Se Podes Ver Repara Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

How would you react if you couldn't see? In rehearsing the theatrical adaptation of "Blindness", by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, the company "O Bando" made the experience.

No... Just Passing By Trailer (2007)

16 September 2007

Life as a labyrinth. An elevator ride were lives, sounds and memories cross... The path is more important than the destination.

The Beggars Trailer (1988)

06 April 1988

This symbolic drama from director Benoit Jacques underscores the characters' human need for affection.

Alta Fidelidade Trailer (2000)

21 April 2000

Two friends, Nuno (Pedro Laginha) and Flash (Miguel Borges) live together and decide to rent one room of the house in order to have more money to pay the rent.

Saint-Tropez Vice Trailer (1987)

06 May 1987

A police captain's niece is trapped by white slavers.

Marie Trailer (1993)

31 March 1993

Pregnant girl in trouble teams up with a young boy to find the mother of the boy.

Family Matters Trailer (1993)

19 November 1993

Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents.

The Real Bargain Trailer (1965)

09 March 1965

The eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics teacher Jacques Denzac who is about to marry.

Portugal... Minha Saudade Trailer (1973)

13 April 1973

Sabino, born Portuguese, has lived in Brazil since he was a child. He has a twin brother who lives in Lisbon and writes inviting him to go to Portugal.

Oxalá Trailer (1981)

08 May 1981

A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.

The Circle Trailer (1970)

14 October 1970

A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl, who leaves her husband to search for her true identity.

The State of Things Trailer (1982)

22 March 1982

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956).

The King's Trial Trailer (1990)

19 January 1990

At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D.

O Recado Trailer (1972)

24 March 1972

Lúcia is courted by António, from the same social class, although she keeps a loving memory of Francisco, a half-adventurer marginal.

O Diabo Era Outro Trailer (1969)

05 November 1969

Rui, a young musician, is writing poems for the vaudeville company.

The Siren's Song Trailer (1983)

13 July 1983

Siren's Song is inspired on a story by Júlio Dinis, in an place populated by characters taken from Greek mythology.

Aqui D'El Rei! Trailer (1992)

24 April 1992

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty.

In That Neighbouhood Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Ana and Pedro married two years ago and now they live in “Sunset Neighborhood”. Pedro works outside town.

Francisca Trailer (1981)

03 December 1981

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

Contrato Trailer (2009)

15 January 2009

Peter McShade is a hitman. A job goes wrong when he kills the nephew of a Mafia Boss in Morocco.

O Viajante Trailer (1978)

26 September 1978

Abílio is a travelling salesman with as much ability to sell as he is inconvenient. He makes a stop Mrs.

Ensaio Sobre o Teatro Trailer (2006)

13 November 2006

This documentary shows a peculiar vision about theatre in general and O Bando in particular, on the bases of João Brites' directing the showcase of “ENSAIO SOBRE A CEGUEIRA” (essay on blindness), written by José Saramago.

The Donkey-Eared Prince Trailer (1980)

29 August 1980

In the time of King Leonardo, a war and the plague that accompanied it depopulated Traslândia. Ignoring these tragic events, Queen Isménia, Princess Camila and lady-in-waiting Narcisa, coming from a distant kingdom, arrive in Traslândia, when the war approaches the end.

Manhã Submersa Trailer (1980)

17 October 1980

Estefânia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move her influences in order to make a priest out of him.

A Moura Encantada Trailer (1985)

17 December 1985

A young man returns to his native Alentejo countryside and encounters the legendary seductive “enchanted moura,” sparking a poetic journey that intertwines ancient Arabic folktales with contemporary rural life.

Young Toscanini Trailer (1988)

07 October 1988

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

Just Pedro Trailer (1972)

08 June 1972

Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital.

O Vestido Cor de Fogo Trailer (1985)

07 September 1985

José Pereira, a young medical graduate, meets a young and ardent Maria Eugénia. The time is the eve of the Portuguese Revolution, on 24th April 1974 and only a short time elapses between courtship and marriage.

A Cama Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

A young couple, unable to make love after being repelled on several occasions (like in a dubious inn), buys a bed and carries it for miles, until they reach a beach - where, exhausted, they end up falling asleep.

O Visconde Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

O Visconde is based on the same Álvaro do Carvalhal short story as Manoel de Oliveira's The Cannibals.

Um Campista em Apuros Trailer (1968)

05 January 1968

While on his way to a picnic in Lisbon, Manuel stops to help two foreigners that had a car breakdown.

Luísa e os Outros Trailer (1989)

20 October 1989

The tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.

Repórter X Trailer (1987)

22 May 1987

A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.

Circle of Passions Trailer (1983)

06 July 1983

An aristocratic Sicilian family living in the 1950s. Count Villafratti has sex one night with his nymphomaniac daughter because he thinks she is his wife.

Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob! Trailer (1982)

25 June 1982

The village innkeeper Lejba Sibal and his pregnant wife Sura are threatened by Lejba's former farmhand Georg, who wants to kill them both at Easter.

The Curse of Marialva Trailer (1991)

14 November 1991

A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors in the Lusitanian mountains, only to loose his possessions through the mysterious workings of a woman from parts unknown.

Exit-exil Trailer (1986)

02 April 1986

The film follows Duke and Olivia , a troubled couple living in a gloomy city. Duke is a failed, alcoholic saxophonist, while Olivia works as a striptease dancer.

The Fault Trailer (1980)

13 December 1980

Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese Colony, year: 1973. An Ex-military returns to his hometown. Bringing back with him a vague sense of guilt due to the killing of two men (a soldier and a native) by his sounding of the alarm during one given night.

Meus Amigos Trailer (1974)

11 March 1974

Filmed just before the Carnation Revolution of 1974. Dark portrait of a group of friends who used to be colleagues at the University in 1962.

A Noite de Walpurgis Trailer (1983)

20 July 1983

A Noite de Walpurgis is a fantastic tale by Hugo Rocha, admittedly inspired by Goethe's Faust. The narrator-protagonist reveals a story told to him by a third person.

Dom Roberto Trailer (1962)

30 May 1962

João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work.

Nós Por Cá Todos Bem Trailer (1978)

04 March 1978

In his childhood haunts, in the village of Várzea dos Amarelos, the filmmaker films peasant life with its seasonal and daily rituals: a festive meal, the slaughter of a pig, bread-making.

Three Crowns of the Sailor Trailer (1991)

04 October 1991

Shortly after murdering his professor, a young man encounters a sailor who offers him a position on his ship in exchange for 3 Danish crowns and his attention as he recounts his life story.

On the Edge of the Horizon Trailer (1993)

24 November 1993

Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.

A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA Trailer (2003)

21 March 2003

Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.

The Holy Alliance Trailer (1980)

19 March 1980

In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup.

Terra Nova, Mar Velho Trailer (1983)

03 March 1983

Journey of a cod trawler to Newfoundland waters for cod fishing.

The End of the World Trailer (1993)

10 June 1993

In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter.

No Trace of Sin Trailer (1983)

11 February 1983

A young man from a high-bourgeois family, Henrique receives mysterious phone calls from a woman at the barracks where he is serving in the military, which attracts him to meetings without consequences.

Um Funeral à Chuva Trailer (2009)

14 March 2009

A group of former university college students reunites in the city where they graduated at, to attend the funeral of one from their group.

Life Is Beautiful Trailer (1982)

19 February 1982

Hipólito is a self-made man, who went up in life in devious ways, and used for profit the social turmoil when Portugal changed from a monarchy into a republic, and then to a military regime.

Doomed Love Trailer (1979)

25 November 1979

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

April Showers Trailer (2009)

26 January 2009

April 1974 saw the fall of a long lasting dictatorship. The young democracy developed in the midst of much social and political turmoil.