Ângelo Torres
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: April 14, 1968
Age: 57 years old
Gender: Male
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Hay Road
Overview: This is the story of a man who after living over ten years isolated away from his country, returns to avenge His brother's death. Inspired by the writings of David Henry Thoreau, he is translating 'Civil Disobedience' into Portuguese. The action is set between 1908 and 1910, between the assassination of the Portuguese King and Prince and the creation of the Portuguese Republic, an era where anarchists who fight against the monarchy often cross the path of burglars. On a country where corruption is set, the state representatives try to rob, arrest and kill innocents. The main character faces the tyranny of the state and tries to save the rest of his family. But this is a country where nothing changes.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-06-28
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My Voice
Overview: Vita, a young and beautiful African woman learns that finding love and happiness need not come at the sacrifice of one's identity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-06-26
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Surface
Overview: No matter how calm the surface of the ocean appears to be, each time we cross the line that divides land and water we enter an unknown and unexpected world. Does our world remain the same when we come back on shore?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-02-24
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Bobô
Overview: Sofia lives a strangely isolated life in the old apartment where she grew up in Lisbon. Mariama arrives from Guinea-Bissau, having been hired by Sofia’s mother to help take care of the house and her son. The appearance of Bobô, Mariama’s younger sister, awakens in Sofia the desire to take a stand. The forced cohabitation between Sofia and Mariama forces them to confront their own private ghosts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-04-23
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Preto e Branco
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-09-26
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Tudo Isto é Fado
Overview: Shup up in dead-end lives with dreams larger than life, two inseparable friends in their thirties decide to take their fates in hand. Nevertheless, a woman a « fatale » one, gets them away from their path. And the three of them – two others will quickly join them- find themselves involved in a strange case, that of a fake painting robbery. Who said crime is not worth?
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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The Murmuring Coast
Overview: During the war of in-dependency Evita moves from Lisbon to Mozambique to marry Luís. She slowly discovers how different and disturbing life is in a country of war and when her husband is send on a military mission she starts to fight loneliness. Over time she finds out more about her husband and Mozambique than she would have imagined in her peaceful European home. Racism, violence, injustice and fatalism make life unbearable...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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The Survivors
Overview: Mid-19th century. A group of survivors from a wrecked slave ship, both black and white, end up on a deserted island, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. The fight for survival and power will flip the moral and social values of those days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2025-04-24
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Almirante Reis
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-11-20
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A Ilha dos Cães
Overview: Two Angola, the colonial and the contemporary, spaced 60 years, share the curse of a mysterious island. In the past, the epicenter of the tragedy is an evil fortress, tomb of revolutionaries deported from the mainland. In the present, the building of a luxurious resort awakens the relentless jaw of justice. Soon after, workmen lacerated dead bodies, begin to appear. The horror spreads rapidly. Pedro Mbala is sent to the island to solve the problem. His target is a pack of stray dogs.
Genres: Adventure Drama Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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Land of Storms
Overview: Lena disappears mysteriously during the winter of 1976. This is the last stop on a journey that begins in colonial Mozambique on new year's eve at 1957 gives way to 1958. Ningo, a black boy brought up by Lena's parents, and her childhood friend, comes to Lisbon to help find her, at the request of Lena's mother. Using the letters that Lena has left behind as a testament to her life, in wich she has rebelled against the challenged the powers that be, Ningo discovers the identity of her kidnapper - Jorge Matos - a former secret policeman who has followed her from Lourenço Marques, motivated by morbid desire. Lena's kidnapper dies from two inexplicable snake bites to the neck, in accordance with a legend and ritual that had been part of Lena and Ningo's childhood.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-10-26
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Gabriel
Overview: A young cape-verdean fighter will have to enter a dangerous boxing match to try to save his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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Magnetick Pathways
Overview: During a night of humiliation, Raymond lives an inner revolt and a kaleidoscopic journey in a country that is about to collapse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-04-25
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Estrangement
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-11-11
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O Miradouro da Lua
Overview: A young theater student receives an invitation from his unknown father to go to Angola with him. On the trip, he meets an Angolan student who returns to his country. When he goes to his father's address, he has a big surprise and his life will change ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Black & White
Overview: A short-film in 35 mm, black > white stages a day in which the main character discovers that she stopped seeing in color. Written as photographer’s film, it was shot on several locations in Lisbon. It is the only purely fiction work by the author.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Volpone
Overview: A version of Ben Johnson's play: A Venetian swindler goes from town to town pretending to be a dying millionaire in order to attract (and dispose of) greedy "friends".
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-12-01
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O Último Condenado à Morte
Overview: The story about the last man to be sentenced to death in Portugal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-05-28
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88
Overview: A 14-year-old kid, addicted to videogames, goes with his parents to a shopping mall and separates from them to go to a game store called UTOPYA. He doesn't come back. His parents get in despair, and his father tries everything he can to bring him back.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-10-06
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Xavier
Overview: Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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A Noiva
Overview: A portuguese officer, supposedly dead in a mine explosion, is captured by the african guerrilla in Guiné (former portuguese colony) while his beloved wife Laura remain inconsolable in Portugal trying to believe that Jorge is still alive. Meanwhile an old Laura friend, a lieutenant, tries to convince Laura that Jorge is dead. Eduardo has always been a secret Laura lover. The romance between them is however darkened with the phantom shadow of Jorge hanging over them..
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-06-27
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Duma Vez Por Todas
Overview: Lisbon by night, through the eyes of a young woman who lives freely, and a neighbour who follows her everywhere, from a distance.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-07
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The Thorn of the Rose
Overview: Prosecuting Attorney David Lunga's success is overshadowed by the terrifying secrets of Rosa, a beautiful but mysterious woman with whom he falls in love. What mysteries does she hide? As the macabre facts unravel, David comes face to face with his own demons and is driven to prove his innocence, recover his reputation and, above all, clear his own conscience.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-11-19
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A Ilha dos Escravos
Overview: After a violent civil war, D. Miguel, the last Portuguese absolutist king, is defeated by the liberals, led by his brother D. Pedro. In 1834 D. Miguel left for exile. His supporters don't give up on returning him to the throne. Willing to do anything they even try to use the slaves of the colonies. A mysterious emissary is sent to Cape Verde to prepare an uprising. But other reasons were behind his visit to the archipelago ....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-05-08
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Foreign Land
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-09-04
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A Pedra
Overview: A young girl, traveling in the south of Angola, meets a retired doctor who deals with the memories of war and its perpetual waste. An adaptation of the short tale "The Dragonfly", by Ondjaki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-07-29
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Ornament and Crime
Overview: I am the double of the shadow of my own image. An allegory that occupies my place. This is my act of contrition. Beyond good and evil, I stand as an equation: Its result cannot be manipulated By morals or ethics. In mathematics there is no place for beliefs Just as life and death Are a certain fate.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-10-30
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The Last Bath
Overview: A nun is called upon to adopt her 15-year-old nephew, and as a consequence religious, familial and sensual love become entangled.
Genres: Drama Animation
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-10-31
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Light Traps
Overview: Mário was involved in a terrorist attack in Africa. Everyone thinks it was an accident but Mário knows it wasn’t. Now, hiden in Alentejo, he knows that sooner or later " they" will find him, yet he does not want to flee with a new identity until he finds his lover Alice. "They" find him and he has to escape with the help of Matilde. A fascinating woman who will now give him shelter and pretends to help him find Alice. Time is running out for Mário and Alice.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-06-25
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O Fim da Inocência
Overview: Inês is a teenager from a wealthy family. However, after classes, he participates in risky sexual games, compulsively uses the internet and attends the nightlife of Lisbon, entering a spiral of total destruction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-11-30
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Damned Summer
Overview: Idling afternoons, drugs, heartbreaks, psychedelic moods immersed in music. An adrenaline rush. Lisbon as the backdrop for a drifting youth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-08-21
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Fantasmas do Império
Overview: Ariel de Bigault's work has been connected to the routes of the Lusophone World. In Fantasmas do Império we are guided by the saotomean actor Angelo Torres through some works of the Portuguese cinema that explored its colonial past. Some directors as Fernando Matos Silva, João Botelho or Margarida Cardoso help to understand imperialism, colonialism, and propaganda seen through the "family album" which is the Portuguese cinematic collective imaginary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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Entre Nós
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-07-14
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Angular Phoenix
Overview: Proposes a speculative meeting between the Baron of Água Izé, the first nobleman in the Portuguese colonies of the 1800s who was of mixed European and African ancestry, and Maria Correia, the Black Princess of Príncipe Island in the 1700s. Reanimating them through the bodies of contemporary artists, the film uses dance, poetry and music to weave profound threads between the past and the present. Transcending space, time and language, their encounter wrestles with questions of culpability, power and the exploitation of both land and Black bodies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-06-15
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Oito por Oito
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Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-11-10
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