Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Barata, another typical figure who makes a living from expedients, helps Madalena's father - meanwhile returned, to "register" her - in a kidnapping plan capable of facilitating her reconciliation with Micas, who is reluctant... Things get complicated, but happiness ends up triumphing.

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

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind...

Isabel, a sommelière in São Paulo, dreams of escaping her boss and opening her own bar. When plans d...

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines...

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supre...

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

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Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energet...

After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage...

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband...

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

Nagy István, the formerly poor peasant boy returns to his native village as a teacher. His convictio...

Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City...

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly young...

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rival...

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his ...

About sweeping love, rock & roll and getting rid of all that stale air of the fifties. You've got th...

The burlesque and nonsensical biography of a singer, bohemian and broke, who falls in love with his ...

Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is ...

In a small, poor town, a young worker falls in love with an actress from a traveling theater troupe ...