Portuguese Films

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Portugal was not just to see great works of art and music, the first films were to be shown in Portugal in the year 1896 – the city to experience this event was Porto just one year after the very first motion picture was viewed in Paris.

For this mainstream city, it was a major step up for securing its popularity and by being second after Paris to witness the first films, this is an excellent chance many countries would have wanted and most certainly vied for.

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