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São João da Madeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ʒuˈɐ̃w dɐ mɐˈðɐjɾɐ] ⓘ), is a city and a municipality in northwestern region of the Portuguese Norte region. It's part of the larger Porto Metropolitan Area , located 30 km from central Porto .
The Abreu Agency was established in Porto in 1840 by Bernardo Abreu. At the time, emigration from northern Portugal and Galicia to Brazil and Venezuela was significant, and Abreu, a noted businessman in Porto, opened his agency to offer passport and visa services, as well as sales of train tickets to Lisbon and ship passages to and from South America.
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Cinema da Boca do Lixo (Mouth of Garbage film) is the collective name for a film genre associated with the Boca do Lixo ("Mouth of Garbage") downtown area of São Paulo, Brazil. On par with French Nouvelle Vague , Hong Kong "Category III" movies, and American slasher films , films of this genre are exploitational and often considered B movies .
Fajã da Ovelha is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira.The population in 2011 was 895, [1] in an area of 22.16 km². [2] Located about 7 km northwest of the town of Calheta, this parish includes three bands of residential, forested and mountain area; the population is actually concentrated in the area between ocean cliffs and main regional road.
The Viscount of São Luiz de Braga died in 1918 and in his honour the theatre was then renamed as the Teatro São Luiz.In 1928 it was remodelled to enable film projection, with the first film to be shown being Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang and accompanied by a 15-piece band.
The only feature film from São Tomé and Príncipe so far is A frutinha do Equador [Little Fruit from the Equator], a 1998 coproduction between Austria, Germany and São Tomé and Príncipe. Directed by Herbert Brodl, with São Tomé actors, the film combines fairy story, documentary, road movie and comedy. [2]
A historical image of the rocky beach of Calhau da Calheta, as workers transport barrels of Madeira wine for shipment. The origin of the areas name, are both related to the toponymy of Calheta (which means "small bay" in Portuguese, but "cal" also means "lime" and it relates to limestone): first, that there existed a small bay or cove, which already had this name, but secondly, that the area ...