The Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive June 2011 FESTIVAL DE CINEMA PORTUGUES 2010

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FESTIVAL DE CINEMA PORTUGUÊS 2010
(JUNE 8~JULY 2)

A collection of Portuguese film masterpieces centered on the works of Manoel de Oliveira. Please note that these films will carry no English subtitles.

A Divina Comédia
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Maria de Medeiros,Miguel Guilherme
1991/ 35mm/ Color/142 min
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY: In a mental hospital, there is an Adam, Eve, Christ, and Nietzsch who all hold discussions on the issues of love and religion...

O Passado e o Presente
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas 1972/ 35mm/ Color/115 min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:Vanda marries Firmino but can’t forget about her first husband, who died in an accident. Humiliated, Firmino commits suicide.

Os Canibais
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira
1988/ 35mm/ Color/101 min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY: Margarida marries Viscount Averda but on their wedding evening, he tells her he is not human. Shocked Margarida jumps from a window and the Viscount throws himself into the fireplace.

Acto da Primavera
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Nicolau Nunes da Silva, Ermelinda Pires, 1963/ 35mm/ Color/91 min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY: In the mountainous Trás-os-Montes region, a Christian Passion play is put on based on a story written in the 16th Century. Film director Olivera then went on to put this “one-of-a-kind play” on to film.

Aniki -Bóbó
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Nascimento Fernandes, Fernanda Matos, 1942/ 35mm/ BW/71 min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　In a seaport located in the north of Portugal, young Carlito and Eduardinho vie against each other for the attention of the beautiful Teresinha. The feature film directional debut for director Oliveira.

Trás-os-Montes
Dir: António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro
Cast: Residents of Trás-os-Montes
1976/ 35mm/Color/111 min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　A dreamlike presentation of the past and future of the north Portuguese mountain village of Trás-os-Montes as depicted through its playful children.

Recordaçóes da Casa Amarela
Dir: João César Monteiro
Cast: João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas
1989/ 35mm/ Color/122 min
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　Deus, who lacks morals, pesters money out of his aging mother and steals money from a dead prostitute. When rejected by the daughter of his landlord he has a liking for, Deus resorts to violence and dashes out of his apartment.

Ossos
Dir: Pedro Costa
Cast: Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz
1997/ 35mm/ Color/98 min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　Set in the outskirt slum area of Lisbon, youngsters, impoverished and powerless, live grief-stricken lives.

O Último Mergulho
Dir: João César Monteiro
Cast: Fabienne Babe, Dinis Neto Jorge
1992/ 35mm/ Color/91min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　An old sailor approaches and talks to Samuel, a youth contemplating suicide. The two then go into Lisbon where they dance, sing and drink with prostitutes…

As Bodas de Deus
Dir: João César Monteiro
Cast: Rita Durão, João César Monteiro
1999/ 35mm/ Color/154min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　A “messager from God” visits João de Deus and gives him a fortune of bank notes. Deus then calls himself a “baron” and begins living an amorous life in a mansion called “Paradise”…

Transe
Dir: Teresa Villaverde
Cast: Ana Moreira, Viktor Rakov
2006/ 35mm/ Color/126min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　Sónia, tired of feudalistic life in Russia, finds work in a German factory but is kidnapped by hoodlums and sold to work in an Italian whorehouse…

Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto
Dir: Miguel Gomes
Cast: Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira,
2008 / 35mm/ Color /147min.
NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

STORY:　In the provincial town of Arganil, a music festival is held and a film crew arrives. Handsome Hélder falls in love with Tania but her father doesn’t approve of her daughter seeing him...

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