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.

Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrific...

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...

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

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

Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down lif...

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

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

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a rom...

Chandran, a circus performer, and Thankam are in love. The circus team borrows some money from Thank...

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

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

Crab fishers Fred and Malte have never talked about their feelings. After a stroke of fate Fred expe...

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

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

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her ...

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as pla...