The best Maria Emília Correia’s movies

Maria Emília Correia

Maria Emília Correia

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O Crime do Padre Amaro

O Crime do Padre Amaro
5.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/10/2005
  • Character: Joaquina Gansoso
O Crime do Padre Amaro ("The Crime of Father Amaro") is a novel by the 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1875 to great controversy.

Amo-te Teresa

Amo-te Teresa
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/01/2000
  • Character: Emília
Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son.

Sans elle...

Sans elle...
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/03/2003
  • Character: Ofelia Vieira
Johnny, aged 20, can't live without Fanfan, his twin sister. There is a very particular intimacy between them. They walk together everywhere, share the same room, the same tastes, the same bike, the same camping tent. But also a conflict principle sets in. Oppressed by his overbearing need, she decides to head for the south of Portugal, the country of their parents. His dreams are shattered; he feels deeply betrayed by his sister. Caught between his father who is preparing to retire to Portugal and his mother who refuses to leave France, he tries to work out his own identity. His passion for rock music gets him involved with his sister's former lover. By following this charismatic leader preaching dubious ideology, he risks losing his "gentle half" forever. Meanwhile in Portugal, she becomes disillusioned. Will they manage to grow up without each other?

The Fatalist

The Fatalist
5.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/06/2005
  • Character: the brothel owner
The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques le Fataliste et Son Maître. As Tiago (Rogério Samora) drives his master (André Gomes) through the Portuguese countryside to an unspecified destination, the traveling pair embark on a series of highly philosophical discussions. Flowing with tales of his life in the military and previous sexual escapades, Tiago trades a series of tales with his rapt passenger, including the story of a vengeful spurned lover who plots revenge on the nobleman who rejected her by transforming a prostitute into a society lady and convincing him to marry the tainted bride.

Traffic

Traffic
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/12/1998
  • Character: Amélia Castro, the General's wife
Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth after Jesus digs in the sand, uncovering a large drug stash. Others characters intersecting here include an alcoholic actress, a philandering banker, a general trafficking in arms, priests who close their church and head north as hitchhikers, politicians who watch an all-girl production of Julius Caesar, and beggars who recite a children's story in a huge heap of trash.

Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada

Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada
3.9/10
  • Release: 03/12/2009
  • Character: Tia Carolina
The "Spirit World", a red diamond with supernatural powers, stolen five centuries before, of the hands of the last Aztec emperor, is the center of this adventure in a cursed house in the wilds of the Sintra hills. The heiress of the house, Filipa, enlists the help of our heroes in search of the precious stone, but there are many obstacles to overcome. Facing ghosts of Indian warriors, statues that come alive, bats, trap doors, secret passageways and a German fearsome killer seeking revenge, our heroes will have to gather all their strength and wits to reach the mythical diamond before it is too late.

A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA

A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA
4.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/03/2003
  • Character: the fourth Comite Lady
Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.

Cold Land

Cold Land
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/06/1992
  • Character: Mariana
In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he’ll close a big deal.

Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte

Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte
  • Release: 17/09/1981
  • Character: Maria
Luís - ex-student in Lisbon and ex-combatant in Africa - finds, after returning, Maria, secretary who has a relationship with António. He lives in a palace with his children, two old aunts and a Dominican friar, a former missionary.

Ruth

Ruth
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/05/2018
This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.

A Vida É Bela?!

A Vida É Bela?!
4.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeMusic
  • Release: 19/02/1982
  • Character: CAT's Administrative Assistant
Hipólito is a self-made man, who went up in life in devious ways, and used for profit the social turmoil when Portugal changed from a monarchy into a republic, and then to a military regime. Finally, he is forced into exile. Back in 1935 to family, friends, and lovers, he is in a mix-mesh of lies, and scheming, again.

Amália

Amália
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 04/12/2008
  • Character: Casimira, Amália's maid and confident
You already know the legendary singer. For the first time, you'll get to know the woman behind the myth.

Uma Vida Normal

Uma Vida Normal
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 04/03/1994
  • Character: Didi
Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.

O Rapaz do Trapézio Voador

O Rapaz do Trapézio Voador
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/09/2003
  • Character: Gertrudes
One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island". But, as one bad thing never comes alone, the daily lives of the inhabitants of this small mountain village are changed by the death of Adriano. "In order to create, I destroyed myself; I have so much externalized within myself that within me I exist only outwardly. I am the living scene where various actors perform various plays." (from Livro do Desassossego by Fernando Pessoa), as Adriano liked to quote Adriano. He committed suicide on the day of the village feast, hanging himself in the main square. For Adriano, the main square of the village has long been the center of the world. Adriano felt surrounded, depressed, unable to escape his destiny. "No one can stop a man who travels with suicide on his lapel" Adriano repeated to Lisete, always to the point of exhaustion.

A Princesa das Ilhas Negras

A Princesa das Ilhas Negras
Adaptation of a Portuguese traditional tale. A travelling man rests at a inn. While sleeping, three beautiful women tell him where to go, the black islands, where he can find them and marry the one that is a princess.

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