The Portuguese House

2025 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1176 1.2K

grief identity theft

Director

Avelina Prat Photo
Avelina Prat

Top cast

Branka Katic Photo
Branka Katic as Olga
Manolo Solo Photo
Manolo Solo as Fernando
Maria de Medeiros Photo
Maria de Medeiros as Amalia
Bianca Kovacs Photo
Bianca Kovacs as Pasajera Autobús
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1.03 GB
1280*692
Spanish 2.0
NR
us  es  ca  
24 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 4
2.11 GB
1920*1038
Spanish 5.1
NR
us  es  ca  
24 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ListenToChris 6 / 10

A charming film, but a bit too perfect

This is a quiet thoughtful film about running away to a new life. We see three people do this, and for two of them it all works out just peachy. It's a fantasy isn't it, being able to just quit your life that you don't like, and run away. But real life running away would never be so easy as this, dropping into a comfortable situation with good people, room food and salary included.So while I enjoyed the film, it's a fantasy story, more than a running away story.
Reviewed by saolivaresm 8 / 10

Spanish director Avelina Prat presents her second feature film, a work that takes us on a beautiful and moving journey of personal reconciliation, exploring the deeply human drama of loneliness and emigration.With an outstanding cast led by the authentic Manolo Solo, alongside María de Medeiros and Branka Katic, we follow the story of a quiet geography teacher completely devastated. Losing his way, he takes on the identity of another man to work as a gardener at a Portuguese country house, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner, taking on a new life that isn't his own.Avelina Prat guides us on a charming journey through solitude, without dramatizing it, making it human and a part of us. She introduces us to characters seeking a new beginning without letting go of the past they carry. It's a beautiful journey where the story is embellished with the sweetness of beautiful dialogue and wonderful photography. A story that simmers slowly but never lets go, always drawing you into its times and spaces that vibrate with the green tones of its nature, while evoking the aroma of a Portuguese country house.The director manages to capture the essence of literary films, transforming it into moving cinema. Every detail and every moment is carefully crafted. She moves away from the prevailing social realism to embrace a captivating lyricism in the everyday. It is a humanistic cinema that consolidates the director as a great storyteller of emotions.A film that captivates anyone, a beautiful journey for those of us who love cinema, with a charm that persists even in its deepest drama.
Reviewed by gas_natural

Real story. Bad performances

A story that could be real, about people who live in third world countries such as Bosnia or Spain and go to other, better countries to occupy houses, forge documents, and steal identities.Countries such as Spain, Bosnia, Romania, Angola and Ukraine are countries with few opportunities, third world countries where people want to leave in search of a better life. On the other hand, socialist policies allow this silent invasion.
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