List of Portuguese films of 2009

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A list of Portuguese films that were first released in 2009.

Release dateTitleDirectorCastGenreNotesRef
January 15 Contract Nicolau Breyner 45,379 admissions
January 15 Poison Heals Raquel Freire 2,552 admissions
January 29 Second Life Miguel Gaudêncio 90,186 admissions
March 19 True and Tender Is the North/ The Northern Land João Botelho Ana Moreira 2,780 admissions
April 23 Doomed Love Mário Barroso 5,109 admissions
April 23 April Showers Ivo M. Ferreira
April 30 Salazar, A Vida Privada Jorge Queiroga 2.603 admissions
April 30 Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl Manoel de Oliveira Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein 6,104 admissions
May 7 Uprise Sandro Aguilar 628 admissions
May 7 As Operações SAAL João Dias Documentary1,783 admissions
May 18 The Last Hanging Francisco Manso 2,388 admissions
June 4 Star Crossed Mark Heller 12,419 admissions
August 20 4 Hearts Manuel Mozos 2,282 admissions
September 17 Arena João Salaviza 15,294 admissions; Short Film Palm d'Or at Cannes
September 17 A Esperança Está Onde Menos Se Espera Joaquim Leitão 40,675 admissions
September 18 To Die Like a Man João Pedro Rodrigues 5,842 admissions
November 12 Os Sorrisos do Destino Fernando Lopes 2,316 admissions
November 19 Ne Change Rien Pedro Costa Jeanne BalibarDocumentary2,141 admissions
December 3 Uma Aventura na Casa Assombrada Carlos Coelho da Silva 103,995 admissions [1]

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References

  1. "Estreias Cinema > 3 de Dezembro". Cinemax (in Portuguese). 2 December 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2015.