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Blood Curse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTiago Guedes
Frederico Serra
StarringAdriano Luz
Manuela Couto
Sara Carinhas
José Afonso Pimentel
Release date
  • 2 March 2006 (2006-03-02)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

Blood Curse (Portuguese: Coisa Ruim) is a 2006 Portuguese supernatural horror film directed by Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra, which talks about demonic possession, exploring beliefs, superstitions, skepticism, fears and suspicions, in the context of a small village. It has been considered the first horror feature film from Portugal.

Plot

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Xavier Oliveira Monteiro (Adriano Luz) is a botanical researcher and university professor. He lives with his wife, children and a baby grandson in an apartment in the center of Lisbon. One day Xavier receives news of the death of his uncle, owner of a family manor in a village in the municipality of Seia. To publish a study on the flora of Beira Interior, he decides to move with his family to the house. On arriving at the village, he becomes friends with the locals, whom he perceives to be very superstitious and believers in matters related to the occult. At first Xavier tries to ignore it, but strange events with no logical explanation, but coinciding with some local beliefs begin to occur to him and his family. Xavier decides to investigate these beliefs to find some explanation. It is then that Vicente, a former village priest (José Pinto) reveals to him something dark and macabre that happened in the past, and which gave rise to a terrible curse that plagues the village and which is directly related to Xavier and his family.

Cast

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Actor/Actress Character
Adriano Luz Xavier Oliveira Monteiro
Manuela Couto Helena Oliveira Monteiro
Sara Carinhas Sofia
José Afonso Pimentel Rui
João Santos Ricardo
José Pinto Priest Vicente
João Pedro Vaz Priest Cruz
Elisa Lisboa Dulce
Filipe Duarte Luís
Gonçalo Waddington António
Maria d'Aires Rosa
Miguel Borges Ismael
Rafaela Santos Spouse de Ismael
Sara Barradas Daughter de Ismael
Orlando Costa Mr. Costa

Reception

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It won the 2006 Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Film.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "GLOBOS DE OURO 2006" (in Portuguese). SIC. Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
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