9 Portuguese and Brazilian Movies You Need to Watch on Netflix
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The best thing is, you don’t have to scour through the darkest corners of the web to watch these gems.
Allow Netflix to lead you towards Portuguese-language fluency.
5 Movies on Netflix from Portugal All Learners Should Be Streaming
“Capitães de Abril” (April Captains)
Year: 2000
Genre: Drama, History
Produced in Portugal, Spain and Italy, “Capitães de Abril” is set during the 24 hours of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, a military coup d’état on April 25, 1974 to overthrow the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship.
A dramatization loosely based on key events of the revolution, the movie also features characters based on real people (Captain Salgueiro Maia and Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano). The movie’s main focus, however, is on three main characters: two military captains and a woman who works as a journalist and literature teacher.
“Juventude em Marcha” (Colossal Youth)
Year: 2006
Genre: Drama
This film follows 75-year-old Ventura, a Cape Verde immigrant who is forced to relocate into the outskirts of Lisbon after the Portuguese government destroyed the slums in which he resided. His wife having left him long ago, Ventura attempts to adapt to his new life and home. Over the course of 155 minutes, Ventura comes face to face with his own sense of identity as he reconnects with other people from his past.
“Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto” (Our Beloved Month of August)
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama
Considered to be a hybrid of documentary and fiction, “Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto” captures the relationship dynamics of a Portuguese immigrant family on vacation in their homeland. Father, daughter and nephew come together to play in the band “Estrelas do Alva” (Stars of Alva) as they party during the summertime. They’re spotted by a group of filmmakers who, after a failed attempt at producing a work of fiction, start looking for actors for another project.
“Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura” (Eccentricities of a Blond-haired Girl)
Year: 2009
Genre: Drama
This movie is a modern take on a classic short story with the same name by Portuguese author Eça de Queiroz. On a train trip to Camboio, Macário tells a stranger the story of how he fell in love with a blond woman who lived across the street from his workplace. After being fired by his uncle, Macário moves to Cape Verde, becomes a wealthy man and returns to his native Lisbon to marry the blond woman he was besotted with. Alas, her peculiarities turn his life upside down. Read More…
