Maria Emília Correia
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Espinho, Portugal
Adult: No
Birthday: June 19, 1947
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Female
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Amália
Overview: You already know the legendary singer. For the first time, you'll get to know the woman behind the myth. The story of singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-12-04
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A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA
Overview: Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-03-21
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The Crime of Father Amaro
Overview: O Crime do Padre Amaro ("The Crime of Father Amaro") is a novel by the 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1875 to great controversy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-10-27
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Traffic
Overview: Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth after Jesus digs in the sand, uncovering a large drug stash. Others characters intersecting here include an alcoholic actress, a philandering banker, a general trafficking in arms, priests who close their church and head north as hitchhikers, politicians who watch an all-girl production of Julius Caesar, and beggars who recite a children's story in a huge heap of trash.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-12-31
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Uma Vida Normal
Overview: Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Un homme presque idéal
Overview: After being left by his fed up wife, an author moves back in with his mother in the hope of finishing his book in peace and quiet.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-06-05
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Índia
Overview: Tiago, a tour guide with a broken heart leads Karen, a grieving and aging Brazilian woman, around a Lisbon of strange suicidal heroes. Tiago lives with his father, Raul, an old sailor haunted by historical defeats, and with his son, Manuel, a teenager fantasising of a solitary, but erotic, trip to the cosmos. All together, they take Karen through dreams, lost glories, and catastrophes to meet a fallen hero who disappeared many centuries ago on an island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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Sans elle...
Overview: Johnny, aged 20, can't live without Fanfan, his twin sister. There is a very particular intimacy between them. They walk together everywhere, share the same room, the same tastes, the same bike, the same camping tent. But also a conflict principle sets in. Oppressed by his overbearing need, she decides to head for the south of Portugal, the country of their parents. His dreams are shattered; he feels deeply betrayed by his sister. Caught between his father who is preparing to retire to Portugal and his mother who refuses to leave France, he tries to work out his own identity. His passion for rock music gets him involved with his sister's former lover. By following this charismatic leader preaching dubious ideology, he risks losing his "gentle half" forever. Meanwhile in Portugal, she becomes disillusioned. Will they manage to grow up without each other?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-03-16
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The Fatalist
Overview: The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques le Fataliste et Son Maître. As Tiago (Rogério Samora) drives his master (André Gomes) through the Portuguese countryside to an unspecified destination, the traveling pair embark on a series of highly philosophical discussions. Flowing with tales of his life in the military and previous sexual escapades, Tiago trades a series of tales with his rapt passenger, including the story of a vengeful spurned lover who plots revenge on the nobleman who rejected her by transforming a prostitute into a society lady and convincing him to marry the tainted bride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-06-26
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Skin
Overview: Pele is a film about a young mulatto woman that in spite of being rich, beautiful and intelligent, feels discriminated because of the colour of her skin. The entire plot is in the early 70's, when Portugal had a dictatorial government, ultramarine territories and lots of racism in its society… Issues like racism, female condition and the spoilt lives of the high-society are the main themes of this movie
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-05-03
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Amo-te Teresa
Overview: Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-11
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O Rapaz do Trapézio Voador
Overview: One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island". But, as one bad thing never comes alone, the daily lives of the inhabitants of this small mountain village are changed by the death of Adriano. "In order to create, I destroyed myself; I have so much externalized within myself that within me I exist only outwardly. I am the living scene where various actors perform various plays." (from Livro do Desassossego by Fernando Pessoa), as Adriano liked to quote Adriano. He committed suicide on the day of the village feast, hanging himself in the main square. For Adriano, the main square of the village has long been the center of the world. Adriano felt surrounded, depressed, unable to escape his destiny. "No one can stop a man who travels with suicide on his lapel" Adriano repeated to Lisete, always to the point of exhaustion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-09-12
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Ruth
Overview: This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-05-03
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Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte
Overview: Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-09-17
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A Vida É Bela.?!
Overview: 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. Finally, he is forced into exile. Back in 1935 to family, friends, and lovers, he is in a mix-mesh of lies, and scheming, again.
Genres: Comedy Crime Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-02-19
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Jogo da Glória
Overview: Rui, A teenage boy works in his father shop and has an old brother that is a policeman. His father is about to close the shop, because of money issues, and Rui needs to get money for him and also to help his father. By the hand of a friend he enters in the criminal world to make money.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-03-19
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Cold Land
Overview: In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he’ll close a big deal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-06-22
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A Princesa das Ilhas Negras
Overview: Adaptation of a Portuguese traditional tale. A travelling man rests at a inn. While sleeping, three beautiful women tell him where to go, the black islands, where he can find them and marry the one that is a princess.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada
Overview: The "Spirit World", a red diamond with supernatural powers, stolen five centuries before, of the hands of the last Aztec emperor, is the center of this adventure in a cursed house in the wilds of the Sintra hills. The heiress of the house, Filipa, enlists the help of our heroes in search of the precious stone, but there are many obstacles to overcome. Facing ghosts of Indian warriors, statues that come alive, bats, trap doors, secret passageways and a German fearsome killer seeking revenge, our heroes will have to gather all their strength and wits to reach the mythical diamond before it is too late.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-12-03
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John and the Dog
Overview: João lives on a shabby suburban estate. He is always in trouble with the grown-ups, who don't seem to understand that his flamboyant behavior stems from his insecurity and desperation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-03-13
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