Pedro Hestnes

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Agosto
6.5

Agosto

May. 05, 1988

Agosto

Summer of 1964. The professor Carlos and the couple Dário and Alda spend time together in the beach during vacations. Away from the colonial war, ...
Hard Times
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Hard Times

Aug. 29, 1988

Hard Times

A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel “Hard Times” set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Docteur Chance
5.5

Docteur Chance

Feb. 25, 1998

Docteur Chance

Angstel trades in forged paintings, under the guidance of his mother, Milady. Their network extends into other murky affairs, provoking the wrath ...
Here on Earth
5.8

Here on Earth

Sep. 09, 1993

Here on Earth

Miguel is a successful economist until his father’s death plunges him into a strange obscure world of fears, strange sounds and ...
Xavier
7.0

Xavier

Jan. 01, 1991

Xavier

Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him. Release: Xavier ...
Body Rice
4.9

Body Rice

Aug. 09, 2006

Body Rice

Since 1980 German institutions send teens to the south of Portugal under experimental projects of social rehabilitation. That’s how Katrin ...
Tall Stories
7.0

Tall Stories

Mar. 11, 1988

Tall Stories

Miguel is twelve years old and isn’t doing well at school. As a punishment, he is sent for a few days to stay with his aunt, who runs a ...
Casa de Lava
7.0

Casa de Lava

Jan. 01, 1994

Casa de Lava

In only his second feature, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa (HORSE MONEY, IN VANDA’S ROOM) brilliantly reworked Jacques Tourneur’s ...
Blood
7.4

Blood

Dec. 07, 1989

Blood

Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They ...