The Portuguese House
Avelina Prat / PT, ES, 2025 / 114 min.
After his wife leaves him, a geography professor swaps Barcelona for a job at a Portuguese quinta. Gentle, elegant drama about second chances featuring the wonderful acting of Manolo Solo (Pan's Labyrinth) and Maria de Medeiros (Pulp Fiction).
Fernando is a timid geography professor in Barcelona who loves paper maps. The latter don’t help when his wife leaves him one morning with her things but without warning or explanation, leaving him rudderless. Fernando decides to travel to north-western Portugal where he meets the gardener Manuel who is about to start working at a beautiful old country estate. When Manuel suddenly dies, on the spur of the moment, Fernando adopts his identity. He journeys to the ‘quinta’ owned by the idiosyncratic Amália, whom he develops a special, spontaneous friendship.
Pre-film
Prior to the screening of The Portuguese House, you will see the short film Blooming Flowers and Plant Movements (4') by J.C. Mol from 1932. This scientific film shows time-lapse footage of budding flowers and plants. This footage is part of the episodic film Wonders of Nature.
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Details
Director
Avelina Prat
Production year
2025
Country
PT, ES
Original title
Una quinta portuguesa
Length
114 min.
Language
Spanish, Portuguese
Subtitles
ENG or NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Previously Unreleased
Screened at prominent national and international festivals, yet never released in Dutch cinemas. Quite unjustly so, Eye Filmmuseum thinks, and so it has once again brought an exceptional selection of films from international festivals to the Netherlands.
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