PORTUGUESE TALES
COMEDY | DRAMA | MYSTERY | THRILLER
2024
Synopsis
These are 6 out of 17 TV movies based on great Portuguese literary works.
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller.
MY FATHER’S BOSS WAS A DEMOCRAT AND NOBODY KNEW IT
Guidinha, 6, the daughter of a dutiful employee who always had to suffer the despotism of his boss, tells us in an entertaining way about the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Portugal in 1974.
Directed by: Mónica Santos
Produced by: Marginalfilmes for RTP
BULLY
From an early age, while still in school, he realized that what he lacked in courage, he made up for in intelligence.
That’s why he always tolerated everything, or almost everything – his classmates, then at university, and now at work.
Until the day when everything changes and a colleague shows him the courage he didn’t know he had.
Directed by: Ricardo Pugschitz de Oliveira
Produced by: Marginalfilmes for RTP
THE MAGIC WORD
A strange word spreads through the village, and the tone in which it is spoken can be offensive. All the little misunderstandings of everyday life become serious misunderstandings.
There is only one solution: to expose the cases and their origin – the misheard and misspoken word, which today is the most devastating insult that can be hurled at our greatest enemy.
Directed by: Pocas Pascoal
Produced by: Marginalfilmes for RTP
THE TALE OF THE LIFEGUARD
A tale from a time when mystery made the difference, and the most subtle sense of observation prevailed. A lifeguard turns up dead on a beach cliff.
A detective investigates three young ladies who are vacationing there. But doubts remain, and the detective can hardly prove what his instincts tell him.
Directed by: Filipe Henriques
Produced by: Marginalfilmes for RTP
THE RING
More than anything else, she had always wanted her friend and schoolmate’s ring. In fact, that ring represented everything that her mother’s middle-class status and harsh temper could never give her. Until the day she decided to create what life had never given her.
Directed by: Cláudia Clemente
Produced by: Marginalfilmes for RTP
THE SKELETON
Like every year, his vacation brought him back to his hometown, but this year the thrill of infatuation overcame him and culminated in a marriage proposal. All ephemeral, all ambiguous, where the betrayal of his closest friend may only be the result of the recklessness that characterizes him. But the reasons don’t matter, the actions and their interpretation by each of the characters do, leading to the ultimate act of love… and revenge.
Directed by: João Roque
Produced by: Marginalfilmes for RTP
