Portugal

TABU

A playful and poetic ode to love lost and found. After aging grande dame Aurora, a shut-in in her Lisbon apartment, falls ill, she sends a message to an elderly gentleman across town, Gian Luca. Here the film shifts from the present day into a stylized silent film homage, narrated by Gian Luca, relating the story of Aurora's experiences as a young bride in 1950s colonial Mozambique, and the love affair they shared – his recollections providing the cinematic lamp light for this whimsical, transporting movie-within-a-movie. Alfred Bauer Award and FIPRESCI Prize, 2012 Berlin Film Festival; Official Selection, 2012 Karlovy Vary, Toronto and New York Film Festivals.

DIR/SCR Miguel Gomes; SCR Mariana Ricardo; PROD Sandro Aguilar, Luís Urbano. Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France, 2012, b&w, 118 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED S

BUY TICKETS
No passes accepted.

Sun, Nov 11, 7:15; Wed, Nov 14, 6:30 (Montgomery College Show)

Official Website | Official Trailer


Back to AFI European Union Film Showcase home page
Back to Film List

May 15, 2025

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN 11:30 a.m.

SECRET MALL APARTMENT 12:10, 4:30, 9:15

HOLY COW 12:15

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE 1:30

THE SHROUDS 2:15

LILLY 2:20, 4:45, 6:30

DUNE (1984) (4:00 Open Captioned show)

BLUE VELVET 6:45

The 48 Hour Film Project 7:00, 9:30

BJÖRK: CORNUCOPIA 8:30 – just added!

May 16, 2025

SWEPT AWAY (1974) 11:45 a.m.

SECRET MALL APARTMENT 12:00, 4:10, 8:30

AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND (1:15 Silver Babies and Open Captioned show, 3:15, (5:15 Open Captioned show), 7:15

HUNG UP ON A DREAM: THE ZOMBIES DOCUMENTARY 2:00, 6:15

MUSIC IN THE DARK 2:15

WILD AT HEART 4:15, 9:15

The 48 Hour Film Project 7:00, 9:30

May 17, 2025

AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND (11:15 a.m. Open Captioned show), 2:15 + Q&A with filmmaker Ilana Trachtman, 6:30

MUSIC IN THE DARK 11:30 a.m.

SECRET MALL APARTMENT 12:15, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45

MANTHAN 1:30

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE 1:30

HUNG UP ON A DREAM: THE ZOMBIES DOCUMENTARY 4:15, 8:30

SWEPT AWAY (1974) 4:30

WILD AT HEART 7:00

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 9:30

May 21, 2025

SWEPT AWAY (1974) 11:45 a.m.

SECRET MALL APARTMENT 12:00, 4:45, 6:45

HUNG UP ON A DREAM: THE ZOMBIES DOCUMENTARY 2:00, 6:15

MUSIC IN THE DARK 2:15

AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND (2:40 Open Captioned show), 4:10, 8:30

WILD AT HEART 4:15

MANTHAN 6:45

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 9:15

I SAW THE TV GLOW (9:30 Open Captioned show)


– new!