The Man Who Stole Portugal

Alves Reis is a self-made outsider with a genius for turning a closed door into an opportunity. Shut out and underestimated, he’s is determined to give his wife Maria and their family the life they deserve and, hustle by

Self Portrait

In the process of taking off her make-up, a young woman reveals her true face.

Porta Killer

Two women on the run from a masked killer seek refuge in a porta potty rental lot.

Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung

An experimental cut-up portrait of Maggie Chung made by Olivier Assayas for the Foundation of Contemporary Art.

Rolf Lassgård – Ett Porträtt

Portrait of one of Sweden's most popular actors; Rolf Lassgård. He is known for many of his roles in the Wallander films, The Hunters and My Big Fat Father, among others.

Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait

A wounded narrator finds refuge in an abandoned Italian chateau and discovers a lifelike portrait of a young woman.

Another Island: A Portrait of the Blasket Islands

An Blascaod Mór, Great Blasket Island, is an islet off the southwest coast of the Irish mainland. For years, a declining population and treacherous waters had made life there risky. In 1953, the Irish government evacuate

The Bread Peddler

The Bread Peddler is a 1923 French silent drama film directed by René Le Somptier and starring Suzanne Desprès, Gabriel Signoret and Geneviève Félix. It is based on Xavier de Montépin's novel of the same title.

Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets behind his undertakings and novels.

Porta un bacione a Firenze

After a difficult eye operation, Simonetta, an Italian-American girl, returns for a vacation in Florence, the home town of her family. Here he meets Alberto, a sculptor.

self-portrait

In a series of self-portraits, a young filmmaker presents herself through an art medium that she fell in love with – film. And as the woman commemorates and encourages self-expression in her work, she explores a differen

Ett porträtt av John E. Franzén

About the artist John-Erik Franzén and his work to portray the Swedish Royal family 1984-85.

Les réformés se portent bien

In order to subdue the conscripts of Chamber 13, a new captain is assigned. He is an adventurer, a nostalgic of his warrior past and the resistance is quickly born within the young soldiers.

Portrait «Under the Fly»

Little novels from the life of the Leningrad poet Oleg Grigoriev. His fate, like his poems, is a flip-flop, where good and evil exist under the masks of each other.

Fliegen und Stürzen - Porträt der Melitta Schiller-Stauffenberg

Gainsbourg by Gainsbourg: An Intimate Self Portrait

Hailed in France as a national treasure, Serge Gainsbourg was beloved both for his music and for being the country’s favorite ’enfant terrible’. This poetic documentary presents Gainsbourg entirely in his own words, acco

The Kitchen Porter

Bruno worked as a kitchen assistant in a Portuguese restaurant and, when he returned there, he recalled a shocking incident. He had Rick, a Brazilian colleague. The connection between them is only because of the work, a

Portrait of Tin's Family

The Portrait

It’s the opportunity of a lifetime for artist Phil Richards, who’s been commissioned to create Canada’s official portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee. Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Hube

The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

When Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott died on 4 January 1986, he was 36 years old. His early death from a drug-related illness placed him in the same rock 'n' roll league as his idols Elvis and Jimi Hendrix. This document