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The Portuguese House

2025 · 114 min

A quiet, sorrowful character study that drifts through grief and borrowed identity at a gentle, contemplative pace.

Directed by
Avelina Prat
Genres
Drama
Starring
Manolo Solo, Maria de Medeiros, Branka Katić
Overview
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he assumes another man’s identity as a gardener on a Portuguese estate, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner, stepping into a new life that isn’t his own.

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Directed by
Avelina Prat
Genres
Drama
Starring
Manolo Solo, Maria de Medeiros, Branka Katić
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • identity
    • isolation
    • friendship
    • deception
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Avelina Prat
    Written by
    Avelina Prat
    Starring
    Manolo Solo, Maria de Medeiros, Branka Katić, Rita Cabaço, Xavi Mira, Morgan Blasco, Gonçalo Dantas, Rui Morisson
    Music
    Vincent Barrière
    Cinematography
    Santiago Racaj
    Runtime
    114 min
    Country
    Spain, Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese, Spanish

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