Most Popular Canto e Castro Trailers
Total trailers found: 49
In the Shadow of the Vultures Trailer (1998)
23 April 1998
Two simple, unassuming, apolitical men have their lives changed forever when they find themselves hunted by agents of the ruling dictatorship.
Day of Despair Trailer (1992)
30 October 1992
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Far Away from Here Trailer (1994)
29 April 1994
Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner.
451 Forte Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
Zé Alberto and Laura are lovers, and have a clandestine and permanently threatened relationship. Zé Alberto is married to Fernanda, Laura's sister, whose husband is in prison for murder.
The Jew Trailer (1996)
16 January 1996
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured.
Longe da Vista Trailer (1999)
02 April 1999
In order to make some much-needed cash for himself, 65-year-old Portuguese prison inmate Eugenio impersonates a young woman and begins a romantic correspondence with a lonely Portuguese truck-driver living in Boston, convincing him that her tragic life has culminated in financial dire straits so he will send money.
La Gamine Trailer (1992)
22 April 1992
A teen girl is wrongfully suspected for a crime. A former cop helps her to proof her innocence. There's only one problem : her behavior brings the two of them more than once in trouble.
Ao Sul Trailer (1995)
25 April 1995
Twenty years ago, Henrique left Portugal for the peaceful Netherlands. A colonial war veteran, he desperately wanted to get away from his country which still defended a doomed African empire and from his traditional, landowning family.
Traffic Trailer (1998)
31 December 1998
Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort.
Meia Noite Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
A prophetic young woman Ana receives a foreboding vision about her father, dismisses it as superstition, and is devastated when it comes true.
April Captains Trailer (2000)
21 April 2000
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Jaime Trailer (1999)
14 March 1999
A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's stolen motorcycle back everything will be fine again, so he sets out to get enough money to buy his father a new one.
Duke Trailer (1988)
06 April 1988
Duke is the name of a journalist who investigates the famous Ballet Rose case. During the investigation, he stumbles upon a mysterious murder.
Guardian Angel Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
Lúcia is an independent woman who lives alone in Lisbon. Her father commits suicide leaving her a message on phone recorder, revealing a letter he wrote.
The Last Dive Trailer (1992)
18 September 1992
Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea.
D'Artagnan's Daughter Trailer (1994)
24 August 1994
It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
Foreign Land Trailer (1996)
04 September 1996
During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.
Uma Hora de Amor Trailer (1964)
24 June 1964
António, a factory worker of immense musical talent, is discovered by a business man who launches him as a singer.
Os Abismos da Meia-Noite Trailer (1984)
27 January 1984
Irene is an agent for an insurance company. She is given the job of investigating the disappearance of an elderly librarian in a provincial town.
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.
Light Traps Trailer (1993)
25 June 1993
Mário was involved in a terrorist attack in Africa. Everyone thinks it was an accident but Mário knows it wasn’t.
Step by Step Trailer (1990)
11 April 1990
Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the world is their oyster, Nogueira knows that, for him, most doors have long closed.
Jaz Morto e Arrefece Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Are the Portuguese afraid of the changes after the Estado Novo dictatorship?
A Viagem Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
A couple in search of a different life, move from the city to the countryside and confront unexpected events without breaking their union.
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.
Requiem Trailer (1998)
03 June 1998
In Lisbon, French author Paul meets various people from his past who uncover forgotten memories.
Blood Trailer (1989)
07 December 1989
Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never sure why ― murder is suggested.
Word and Utopia Trailer (2000)
17 November 2000
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
Dina and Django Trailer (1983)
29 April 1983
Dina (Maria Santiago) is a teenager brought up by her grandmother, employed as a housekeeper for a fairly well-off family.
Querença Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola.
Manô Trailer (2005)
17 November 2005
Manô, an obscure and anonymous character from popular comedies of the 1920s, escapes the destruction of an old movie studio, materializing into the real world from a celluloid film.
Here on Earth Trailer (1993)
09 September 1993
Miguel (Luis Miguel Cintra) is lucky that his income will only level off if he neglects his business as a financier, and his wife and family will be well supported.
Low-Flying Aircraft Trailer (2002)
09 May 2002
Based on a the short story "Low Flying Aircraft" by J.G. Ballard and set in a near future where humans are dying breed.
The Mountains of the Moon Trailer (1987)
01 September 1987
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu.
Xavier Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
The Charlots Return Trailer (1992)
17 June 1992
Antonio returned to Portugal ten years ago with his lovely (and quite thin) French wife. She has since become quite a hefty specimen of womanhood, and his eye has lately been wandering to others.
Matar Saudades Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his lost village in the northern interior, near the border, from where one day he'd be gone, also from a jump.
Five Days, Five Nights Trailer (1996)
25 April 1996
Portugal, late 1940's. André must leave the country after running away from prison. In Oporto some friends get him a guide, Lambaça, a smuggler who knows very well the Trás-os-Montes border from Portugal to Spain.
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.
The Fascination Trailer (2003)
26 December 2003
An intriguing story about a family and a manor house (where some terrible crimes were committed in the past by a member of that family) adapted from a novel with the same title by Tabajara Ruas.
Mensagem Trailer (1988)
13 June 1988
Based on the work by Fernando Pessoa - a "message" about the destinies of Portugal - not just in isolation but looking at them as precursors and announcers of the fate of the entire planet.
Crime at the Little Star Pension Trailer (1990)
31 December 1990
Neves and his wife Celia are the owners and managers of the 'Little Star Pension', a familiar hotel that caters to bourgeois family and would-be actors, instead of the ill-reputed 'Good-Night Pension' (just across the narrow street), where gigolos, whores, and criminals of all sorts may go for a quick encounter.
See You Tomorrow, Mário Trailer (1994)
14 January 1994
Mário, eight years old, a kid who begs in the tourist paradise of Madeira island. One day in his life, from morning to evening.
Three Palm Trees Trailer (1994)
16 September 1994
Lisbon, on a winter day in 1994, between six and fourteen o'clock. A forty-year-old woman despairs in the last eight hours preceding the birth of her first child.
Lavado em Lágrimas Trailer (2006)
26 January 2006
João is a freelance television journalist. When he begins a new story about an old pigeon breeder in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon, João meets Ana, his teenage granddaughter, a mysterious character who is beginning to exercise an irresistible fascination for him.
