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Plot Summary: A Portuguese immigrant struggles to maintain her dignity while working in a dehumanizing warehouse job in Scotland, where algorithmic management and productivity targets slowly chip away at her humanity. Director: Laura Carreira Screenplay: Laura Carreira Producer: Jack Thomas-O'Brien Cinematography: Karl Kürten Editor: Helle Le Fevre Music: Ines Adriana Production Companies: Sixteen Films, Bro Cinema Starring: Joana Santos as Aurora Inês Vaz as Vera Piotr Sikora as Kris Neil Leiper as Ben Leah MacRae as Anne   ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Punch to the Gut I Wasn't Expecting Let me start this with a Portuguese expression: "que nó no estômago." What a punch in the stomach. I am completely blown away by On Falling. This is the most relevant movie I've seen in maybe five years. I...

Plot Summary: A comedy about the daily struggles of puppets living in modern Portuguese society, exploring themes of identity, difference, and empathy through absurd humor and local cultural references. Director: Manuel Pureza Writers: Patricia Castanheira, Henrique Dias, Pedro Ferreira, Rui Melo, Roberto Pereira, Manuel Pureza, Filipe Santos Producers: Andreia Esteves, Manuel Pureza Music: Artur Guimarães Cinematographer: Cristiano Santos Starring: Rui Melo as Inspector Paulo Diana Nicolau as Inspector Sofia Anabela Moreira as Dra. Engenheira Isabel Luís Lobão as Rui Cristovão Campos as Miguel Miguel Raposo as Diogo Susana Blazer as Beatriz Samuel Alves as Rogério Rita Tristão da Silva as Ana Inês Aires Pereira as Dani Romeu Vala as João Pedro Diogo as Arlindo Diogo Morgado as Noronha Rodrigo Saraiva as Fred ...

Hollow City is a 2004 full-length movie directed by Angolan-born director Maria João Ganga. The film is one of the first to be produced in Angola since the end of the civil war, and the first film produced by an Angolan woman. Filming was done on location in Luanda, Angola. International versions of the film are in the Portuguese language with English subtitles. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_City_(film) The film centers around the life of an orphan named N'dala, who is taken to the city of Luanda after the death of his parents during the Angolan civil war. Wanting to return to his hometown of Bié, N'dala flees from the nuns who have saved him into the streets of the city. He wanders from place to place meeting various figures, such as a young man named Zé who tries to help him find a home. Later in the film N'dala is taken under the wing of a criminal named Joka who exploits him for his own uses. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/t...