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HBO Max has prepared a month of February in which Portuguese cinema will be in the spotlight with these eight premieres.
In February, HBO Max will continue to offer a catalog in first line and for lovers of seventh Artit will be a month full of premieres spoken in the language of Camões that will keep company with the sensational Portuguese film “The Sibyl”which has stood out in the top of national preferences.
Which of these will be able to dethrone “The Sibila”, by Eduardo Brito, and become the most watched Portuguese film on HBO Max?
INDIA, IN TELMO CHURRO
Tiago, Raul and Manuel (Pedro Inês, José Manuel Mendes and João Carvalho, respectively) represent three generations of the same family. In this story, their lives are linked to that of Karen (Denise Fraga), a Brazilian tourist who is touring Lisbon and to whom Tiago will serve as a guide.
Already available on HBO Max!
THE MAYANS – SCENES FROM ROMANTIC LIFE, IN JOÃO BOTELHO
Carlos da Maia (Graciano Dias) is the last heir of the traditional Portuguese family. He has a degree in medicine, but prefers to spend his time in the company of friends and lovers, with his great friend João da Ega. But that changes when he finally falls in love.
Already available on HBO Max!
BAD MAU MARY, BY JOSÉ ALBERTO PINHEIRO
After the death of his mother, João Maria (Eduardo Madeira), Pedro Maria (Marco Horacio) and António Maria (António Raminhos) are faced with their last wish: to see them happy, next to someone who loves them and with whom they can live a life of true sharing. After a disastrous dinner, Faustino Maria Gonzaga (José Pedro Gomes), their father, gives them an ultimatum: until the day of their posthumous 40th wedding anniversary, the three must commit to finding someone who will make them change their selfish attitude towards life and women. In other words, they have seven weeks! Although they don’t want to disappoint their father or, even worse, dishonor their mother’s memory, they don’t feel they have enough self-confidence to win over a woman and, eventually, enter into a serious relationship. But everything changes when they discover true love or not?
Premieres February 10th on HBO Max!
SOMEONE LIKE MEIN LEONEL VIEIRA
Helena (Paola Oliveira), a young 30-year-old woman, makes a decision that will change the rest of her life. Being single, smart and unavailable. But like everyone else, Helena doesn’t control her destiny and finds herself face to face with the last person she wanted, the man in her life. What seemed like a year away from romantic adventures and pure personal enrichment, turns into a crazy and unpredictable test of her Emotional Intelligence Quotient. The biggest mistake is when Helena asks God for precious help. She just wanted a man who was understanding and more like her, but that turns out to be a combination of two things. A man and a woman. Is Helena ready for a three-way relationship?
Premieres February 14th on HBO Max!
LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL…WHY YES!IN VICENTE ALVES DO Ó
Amélia is a young woman from Lisbon who, on her birthday, is abandoned by her boyfriend and loses her job at a hot dog stand. To help with the party, her mother, a housewife, earns money as a psychic and her sister is an unemployed actress. Nothing goes well in this Portuguese house. Until a chance changes everything. Amélia gets a job in a modern tavern and has the misfortune, or luck, of her boss hearing her sing. In the middle of this adventure of dishes and singing, two boys fall in love with Amélia: Ruben, a promising football player, and Rogério, better known as Bubu, a pitchfork from Santarém and son of good families. To complicate things even more, Amélia cannot forget her ex-boyfriend – who, in the meantime, is preparing to marry someone else – while at night in Lisbon she constantly bumps into someone who writes words of love on the city’s walls.
Premieres February 14th on HBO Max!
PEDRO AND INESIN ANTÓNIO FERREIRA
Inspired by the legend of Pedro and Inês, the film tells the story of Pedro (Diogo Amaral), a man admitted to a psychiatric hospital for traveling by car with the corpse of his beloved Inês, who simultaneously recalls the lives of Pedro de Portugal in the Middle Ages, Pedro Bravo in the present and Pedro Rey in a dystopian future.
Premieres February 14th on HBO Max!
TURNED INSIDE OUTIN EDGAR PÊRA
John (Diogo Morgado) is a successful writer, openly homosexual, who is going through a huge creative crisis. Inspiration insists on not enlightening him and he is under enormous pressure to finish a new book. Stress will have unexpected effects: one day, he wakes up and doesn’t recognize his partner. In fact, he doesn’t even remember that he’s gay. And to everyone who tries to remind him of his sexual orientation, he responds with complete denial. João starts to admit himself as a confirmed bachelor, a lover of the good life, and begins to get involved with women. One of them will be Isabel, João’s rival writer. Isabel will not let go of the opportunity to use all her trump cards to gain an advantage and get ahead of João… Will João be able to regain inspiration and finish the book? What if the only way to end him is with the help of the family and love he left behind?
Premieres February 14th on HBO Max!
7 RURAL SINSIN NICOLAU BREYNER
Quim (João Paulo Rodrigues) and Zé (Pedro Alves) go to pick up two cousins far away from Lisbon, who want to relive the crazy summer of two years ago in Curral de Moinas, but they fatally run into a herd of sheep. When they arrive in Heaven, God offers them a second opportunity to return to Curral de Moinas. They will have to prove to him that they will give up an amoral and libertine life, renouncing the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, anger, envy, avarice, pride and laziness. This in itself would be an almost impossible challenge, but, to make everything more exciting, every time Quim and Zé falter in the face of sin, they are called “up there” or God comes “down here”. Can Quim and Zé resist the avalanche of temptations offered to them?
Premieres February 15th on HBO Max!
And you, do you know which of these you’re going to enjoy watching or rewatching on HBO Max?
