Movies: Tomás Alves

Film biography dwelling on the hectic artistic life of António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984....

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What if, at the end of World War II, an economic crisis had spread to every nation, including those that had not directly taken part in hostilities?...

A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere figment, an image, a reflection? Teresa is an apparition. A pre...

On April 25, 1974, a man walked alone in Largo do Carmo. He knocked on the GNR military barracks door and entered, unarmed and without any escorts. Inside, the Government’s chief, Marcelo Caetano, waited, surrounded by the military and the people. Th...

On one side, a bunch of crooks. On the other, two sisters. Nothing unites them except an idea: to relieve the bank account of an old man, who happens to be the sisters' father. The crooks devise a plan to gain his trust and swindle him. The sisters m...

Years after her son's disappearance, a mother keeps trying to find him after an abduction that justice cannot solve while she is moving in a universe that wants to force her to mourn a child that she believes is still alive....

Threatened by a fascist plot, the Portuguese government recruits several "special people" to stop the coup....

Anna is a famous striptease dancer who falls for her body without shame. She is accused of theft and questioned the commissioner Lourenço, being dazzled by their strength, independence and freedom. The man will be caught by the passionate desire and ...

Five characters intersect at a sidewalk beginning a journey through their lives....

1907. The Porto Chamber has just been won by the Republicans, in full monarchy, three years away from the revolution. Republican ideas are taking hold and monarchical institutions are beginning to be shaken. However, the Sociedade Gastronómica de Lis...

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Three teenagers, a young couple and a middle-aged man meet on a night that will dramatically mark their lives....

Marta comes home after her mother's funeral. Having devoted the last years of his life to take care of her, it's time to learn how to live with that void. For the first time she will think about the future, but an unexpected visit will force her to t...

David is a freelancer living with his girlfriend and their sick son. Problems arise when they don’t have money for his medication....