In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife, who has decided to return to Brazil. As a means of paying off his debt and persuading his wife to remain in Portugal, Jorge accepts a job with a debt-collection agency, which will drag him into a world of violence and crime.

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. The...

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her ...

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...

Eternal daydreamer Mel can't wait to quit her sucky catering job and fly to her dream destination: P...

Ramiro is a bookstore owner in Lisbon and a poet in perpetual creative block. He lives, somewhat fru...

Gabriel and Iris head back to their family holiday home in Portugal with their daughters Emma and Zo...

The various faces of youth and people in an enclosed space of a convenience store for 12 hours.

A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't ...

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expe...

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling...

This comic drama examines the relationships and addictions of a group of twenty-something friends wi...

Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's ...

Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to con...

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as pla...
Jara is one of thousands of Czechs who, after being released from institutional care, are suddenly f...

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

Robby Miller (Bralyn Stokes), a former army soldier leaves the military after his wife's sudden deat...

Portugal had been recovering after the reforms following the end of “The Great Cyber War” years prio...