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Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
Movie
- Year: 1986
- Country: Portugal
- Genre: Drama and Romance
- Rating:
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The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot revolves around a traditional tale about theft, greed, an ubiquitous mother, and the links between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Movie
- Year: 1979
- Country: Portugal
- Genre: Drama
- Rating:
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One of the adventures of João de Deus.
Movie
- Year: 1995
- Country: Portugal
- Genre: Drama
- Rating:
João César Monteiro Directed Movies


