Paulo Branco — Producer (65)
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Treasure of the Bitch Islands (1990) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le Trésor des îles Chiennes
director: F.J. Ossang actor: Mapi Galán / Stéphane Ferrara …
other title: Le Trésor des îles Chiennes / Treasure of the Bitch Island …
The world after the atomic age. An engineer disappears, together with his consortium (Kryo'Corp) and his discovery: a new energy source powered by the fusion of two primary substances. Ulysses, Kryo'Corp's heir, organises an expedition to the only place these substances occur.
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Doomed Love (2008) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Um Amor de Perdição
director: Mário Barroso actor: Tomás Alves / Patrícia Franco …
other title: Um Amor de Perdição / Un amor de perdición
A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere figment, an image, a reflection? Teresa is an apparition. A pretext for an amoral violent uprising, for doomed love.
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Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional (1993) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Les gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel
director: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa actor: 瓦莱丽雅·布鲁尼-特德斯奇 / 梅尔维尔·珀波 …
other title: As Pessoas Normais Não Têm Nada de Especial / Les gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel …
Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...
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Dying or Feeling Better (2008) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Soit je meurs, soit je vais mieux
director: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa actor: Florence Thomassin / 弗朗索瓦·西维尔 …
other title: Ou Morro, ou Fico Melhor / Soit je meurs, soit je vais mieux
After his father leaves home for another woman, 16-year-old Martial has to move with his mother, Sabine, to a more modest apartment. Martial finds it difficult to fit in his new life. His mother offers to help him, but she only makes the situation worse. Martial then forms a bond with two twin sisters his own age, with whom he has a series of exciting and disturbing experiences.
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Cheaters (1984) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tricheurs
director: Barbet Schroeder actor: Jacques Dutronc / 布鲁·欧吉尔 …
other title: Die Spieler / Tricheurs …
Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino. Meeting Suzie could have saved him, but the young woman also sinks into gambling hell. The couple then start getting involved in the fearsome world of professional cheaters.
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The Black Book (2018) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Le Cahier noir
director: Valeria Sarmiento actor: Jenna Thiam / Lou de Laâge …
other title: O Caderno Negro / Das schwarze Notizbuch …
The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.
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The New Eve (2000) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La Nouvelle Ève
director: 卡特琳·科西尼 actor: 嘉莲·维雅 / Pierre-Loup Rajot …
other title: 新夏娃 / 夏娃 …
Camille is an emancipated 30-something woman who has no desire to settle down and have a family, preferring to coast along on a succession of ephemeral relationships and one-night stands. However, her lifestyle fails to satisfy her fully, and in a moment of depression she runs into a complete stranger, Alexis, whom she instantly falls in love with. Alexis, alas, is married, with two children, and works for the Socialist Party. None of this is going to deter Camille though…
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I Can't Stand Love (1997) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
J'ai horreur de l'amour
director: 劳伦斯·弗瑞拉·巴博萨 actor: 让娜·巴利巴尔 / Jean-Quentin Châtelain …
other title: 我怕恋爱 / J'ai horreur de l'amour …
Independent Parisian doctor Annie finds herself in an emotional tangle when she tries to help single-minded HIV-positive patient Laurent and embarks on a brief affair with conceited actor Richard.
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A Flame in My Heart (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Une flamme dans mon coeur
director: Alain Tanner actor: Myriam Mézières / Benoît Régent …
other title: 内心的火焰 / Une flamme dans mon coeur …
Mércedès, an actress from Paris attempts to break off a difficult relationship with the jealous and possessive stalker Johnny. She meets newspaper writer Pierre and goes with him for an afternoon fling. Before the sweat even dries, she finds herself hopelessly in love with him. But soon after their affair begins, he is called off on a business trip leaving the suddenly distraught Mércedès alone. Though preparing for a new play, she is unable to concentrate and barely able to function. Mércedès quits the production, locks herself in Pierre's apartment and quietly begins falling apart, collapsing into a bleak, reclusive madness until his return.