Chico Chapas
Also Known As: Xico Xapas
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
Overview: Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells king Shahryar her stories but these are not those in the book. These are stories based on whatever will be happening in Portugal during the production time of the film. As in the book, these stories will be tragic and comical, with rich and poor, powerless and powerful people, filled with surprising and extraordinary events. This film will be about the reality of a disgraced country, Portugal, under the effects of a global economic crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-06-24
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Arabian Nights
Overview: Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-16
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Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
Overview: In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will teletransport himself to escape the Guard while dreaming of prostitutes and partridges. A wounded cow will reminisce about a thousand-year-old olive tree while saying what she must say, which will sound none less than sad !
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-07-29
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Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One
Overview: In which Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King, given that what she has to tell weighs three thousand tonnes. She therefore escapes from the palace and travels the Kingdom in search of pleasure and enchantment. Her father, the Grand-Vizier, arranges to meet her at the Ferris wheel, and Scheherazade resumes her narration: “Auspicious King, in old shanty towns of Lisbon there was a community of bewitched men who, in all rigour and passion, dedicated themselves to teaching birds to sing…”. And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-08-26
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Rage
Overview: Alentejo, Portugal, 1950. In a desolate region, where the wind seems to speak, where misery and hunger reign over poorest, a desperate man takes his revenge on those who caused his ruin during the darkest night, unable to get honestly the bread needed to feed his family in the daylight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-10-31
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Diamantino
Overview: A disgraced soccer star seeks redemption but is exploited by a variety of causes hoping to capitalize on his celebrity.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-11-28
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