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Most Popular Henrique Espírito Santo Trailers
Total trailers found: 33
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.
A Fuga Trailer (1978)
09 September 1978
In the 1950s, a handful of prisoners attempt a daring escape from Peniche, a castle on the north coast of Portugal for the political dissidents of the regime.
Gestures and Fragments Trailer (1983)
22 February 1983
"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures & Fragments", sums up the spirit of the film, based on three points of view on the same theme: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and Eduardo Lourenço, in their own roles, and the one played by Robert Kramer, as an American journalist bent on seeking explanations for the process of the Portuguese Revolution.
The Assignment Trailer (1977)
11 July 1977
A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate between the two extremist groups.
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo? Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
The film of a performance of a selection of cabaret comedy sketches by Karl Valentin, with Jorge Silva Melo as stage director.
The Misadventures of Dracula Von Barreto in the Lands of the Agrarian Reform Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
To the tune of "A terra a quem a trabalha", an Alentejo peasant girl is attacked by a vampire but rescued afterwards by workers and peasants armed with sickles and hammers.
Sinais de Fogo Trailer (1995)
03 November 1995
The film presents us with a reflection on the Spanish Civil War in the Portuguese society, At a time when Salazar ruled.
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.
Tabu Trailer (2012)
05 April 2012
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
The Vow Trailer (1973)
16 June 1973
José and Maria, a young, devout couple in a remote Portuguese fishing village, take a vow of chastity on their wedding night to honor a religious pact.
The Island of Contenda Trailer (1999)
09 July 1999
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change.
Velhos são os Trapos Trailer (1981)
13 March 1981
Old people tend to be kept apart, even humiliated by the new generations. The stories and different destinies of three old persons are linked together, and the realism of it imposes itself on us.
Paths Trailer (1978)
19 May 1978
Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.
Jogo de Mão Trailer (1983)
02 February 1983
In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the characters and idea of each story.
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.
Magic Mirror Trailer (2006)
09 March 2006
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda.
A True and Faithful Account Trailer (1989)
22 June 1989
The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North.
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.
The Guns and the People Trailer (1977)
01 November 1977
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnation Revolution", as that period would be later known.
Signals of Life Trailer (1984)
13 April 1984
An approach to the life and work of Jorge de Sena, relying on the testimonies of Mécia de Sena (author of the texts she reads) and the insertion of brief segments of fiction from texts (poems, fiction and theatre) by the writer.
The Bodiless Woman Trailer (2020)
01 January 2020
The Bodiless Woman is an intervention film about the violence perpetuation and, above all, about the victim’s dignity and her deliverance.
Chronicler of the Winds Trailer (1998)
24 July 1998
Based on the book by Henning Mankell (Sweden), this story takes place in Mozambique and is about a young boy, Nelio, who loses his entire family during a time of civil war.
The Ruins of the Interior Trailer (1977)
21 October 1977
During World War II, during a misty morning, near a fishermen's village, four children come across two RAF pilots ejected from a plane that crashed in the sea.
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.
Doomed Love Trailer (1979)
25 November 1979
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
The Stowaway Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
A stowaway attempts to "illegally" enter into Europe. Shortly after he leaves his boat at the port, a black policeman discovers him and chases him through the city.
Jaime Trailer (1974)
02 May 1974
Jaime, a poem of suffering and loneliness, describes the existence and pictorial work of a man isolated in a psychiatric hospital.
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho Trailer (1986)
25 February 1986
Ambulatory history, freely inspired by Georg Büchner's biography (1813-37) and the reasons that led him first to political intervention and then to strict isolation.
Cartas na Mesa Trailer (1975)
06 January 1975
Jorge Lopes is a journalist in a Lisbon daily newspaper. He does story after story in the Portuguese capital, covering all the aspects of its life, accompanied when necessary by Antonio, his photographer.
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.
Brandos Costumes Trailer (1975)
18 September 1975
A portrait of the everyday life of a typical middle-class family in parallel with the fall of the "Estado Novo", the 48-year dictatorship led by Salazar.
O Barão de Altamira Trailer (1986)
07 March 1986
A nobleman from Alentejo, from a very conservative family, intends to reconquer Olivenza, returning the situation to the times of the Treaty of Tordesillas.
