Filipe Ferrer Movies
- 2002
Written and directed by Luis Filipe Rocha, Camarate chronicles the events preceding the crash of a twin-engine plane into the Camarate neighborhood of Lisbon, Portugal. The film centers around Judge Luisa Ramos (Maria Joao Luis), who is reviewing the controversial case. Her friends--a judge and a laywer, respectively--initially insist that re-opening the case is a waste of time, but come to believe that the crash was actually a well-concealed assassination attempt. The matter becomes a family affair when Luisa's father, Carlos (Filipe Ferffer), becomes convinced that the government knew what they were doing when the plane went down. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maria Joao Luis, Filipe Ferrer, (more)
- 1996
Eusebio is trying to remain in his adopted homeland, a Portuguese colony settled by his grandfather. He is also trying to retain whatever shreds of dignity remain in his increasingly post-colonial environment. This is made all the more difficult when a brother who had left long ago for other regions returns and tries to profit from his misfortunes. Further difficulties include political upheavals and increasingly aggressive creditors out for his remaining property. Nonetheless, aided by his own wry sense of irony, he continues trying to regain Contenda Island. One of the film's highlights is Eusebio's burial of his mother in the old grandee style, in an ocean-buffeted cemetery. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1996
This drama, set in 1938, chronicles a month in the life of the Portuguese journalist Pereira. He is first seen as a lonely, widowed, and overweight editor of the culture page of a second-rate Lisbon newspaper. Earlier in his career, he had been a news reporter. Pereira is fascinated with old literature; he is also obsessed with death. He hires himself an assistant, Monteiro Rossi, to prepare obituaries for old writers before they die. The young man and his girlfriend are both passionate fighters against the dictatorship in Portugal. They, along with a German Jewish woman, help to draw Pereira out of his dusty old books and spark his interest in the current political turmoil of Europe. Eventually they strongly encourage him to use his position to post notice of the impending dangers to the public. At their urging, Pereira is emboldened to publish his translation of an anti-German French short story. Although he sneaks it past the censors, his editor catches it and Pereira is in deep trouble. Meanwhile Rossi leaves his job to join the underground revolutionaries. Pereira keeps sending money to Rossi's girl, but he doesn't become totally committed to the cause until he meets up with the philosophical cardiologist who narrates the tale. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marcello Mastroianni
A brave and resourceful young woman keeps the spirit of the Three Musketeers alive in this historical adventure. Eloise (Sophie Marceau) is the daughter of the famed swordsman D'Artagnan (Philippe Noiret); while she has a remarkable gift with a blade herself, Eloise is devoting herself to her studies at a convent. However, when a slave escapes from the estate of the evil Duke of Crassac (Claude Rich) and seeks refuge in the convent, the Mother Superior (Pascale Roberts) is murdered in retaliation by the Duke's soldiers. In the midst of the attack, Eloise learns that the Duke and his men have even more dastardly plans in store; the murder of the Mother Superior is part on an ongoing scheme to throw the nation into disarray, making it easier for the Duke to overthrow the King and seize power. Joined by Quentin (Nils Tavernier), a poet, Eloise sets out to call her father and his old compatriots to action to stop the Duke; however, D'Artagan, who now lives a quiet life teaching fencing, isn't so sure he wants to wage a battle against the insurgent forces, no matter how awful they may be. La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of d'Artagnan) was released in the United States as Revenge of the Musketeers; leading lady Sophie Marceau does her own fencing on screen. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, (more)
- 1994
This Danish film has a comic beginning and a tragic end as it follows a Danish man on his quest to find his biological father in Portugal. When Jan, a man in his thirties, suddenly discovers he is adopted he immediately sets out to find his birth parents. His mother, an ex-cabaret singer is not too hard to find. Together the two head off in a taxi to a small town in Portugal to search for dad. Upon arrival, the mother refuses to assist any further and locks herself in her hotel room. As Jan searches, he meets and falls in love with Constanca. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Philip Zandén, Ghita Nørby, (more)
- 1990
King Alfonso VI of Portugal ruled from 1656-1667. Despite numerous physical and mental handicaps, he was able to bring about an end to his mother's regency, and to fend of a Spanish invasion. In this film, the king's wife has joined forces with those who would dethrone him. In a trial before the papal legate, his sexual deficiencies were exposed, and his marriage to his French queen was annulled and he was imprisoned. She went on to marry the man who was to become Alfonso's regent and later became the next king, Peter II. This elegant historical drama, filmed on location in palaces that were in use at the time, tells the story of his fall from power, and of the trial. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aurelle Doazan
- 1985
A hotel desk clerk (Pedro Ayres Magalhaes) turns into a peeping tom to spy on his beautiful neighbor who he suspects is a prostitute. Only when she shows up at his hotel with a john does he finally discover she is a call girl. After the couple checks in, the clerk becomes haplessly involved in a drug deal gone bad that results in several murders. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pedro Ayres Magalhaes, Filipe Ferrer, (more)
