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Portuguese Films

Films are listed alphabetically by the first word of the film's English title, but the Portuguese title is also listed. If you cannot find what you are looking for, ask an LTC employee for assistance. You can search for more information about a particular film using a very helpful and resource, the Internet Movie Database. (Clicking will open it in a new window). Films are subtitled in English unless otherwise noted. To recommend a Portuguese film that is not yet in the LTC collection, send an email to Viktor Berberi, LTC Director: berberiv@morris.umn.edu 

Title: Central Station Portuguese: Central do Brasil
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Fernanda Montenegro
Year: 1998
Run Time: 113 minutes
Summary: An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew.
Format: DVD
Title: Me, You, Them Portuguese: Eu, Tu, Eles
Director: Andrucha Waddington
Starring: Regina Casé, Lima Duarte, Stênio Carcia and Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Year: 2000
Run Time: 107 minutes
Acclaim/Award: Best Picture, Best Actress from Cinema Brazil, Official Selection from the Sundance Film Festival, Un Certain Regard from the Cannes Film Festival
Summary: A woman longs for love, family and passion. She uproots herself from her small town to find the man who can fulfill her desires. Three years later and single she returns to her hometown and accepts a modest marriage proposal from her humble neighbor.
Format: DVD
Title: Pixote
Director: Hector Babenco
Starring: Marilia Pera, Jorge Juliao, Gilberto Moura and Jose Nilson
Year: 1981
Run Time: 127 minutes
Acclaim/Award: Given four stars from the Chicago Sun-Times
Summary: A homeless child is hauled off to a crowded detention center where he witnesses rape and violence. He escapes from the reform school and he and his friends hit the streets alone.
Format: DVD
Title: Xica
Director: Carlos Diegues
Starring: Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas, Altair Lima
Year: 1976
Run Time: 107 minutes
Summary: The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.
Format: VHS