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Before we move on to our stay at the University of Aveiro or better to the adventures of the ‘Intrepid 10’, I would like to inform you about the Festival of Portuguese Film Classics that Instituto Camões will be hosting a at AGVA House, Panaji.
The Programme is as follows:
Saturday, 6th August 2011
Time: 5.00 pm (17.00 hrs)
“Pai Tirano” (1941) Director: António Lopes Ribeiro
Saturday, 20th August 2011
Time: 5.00 pm (17.00 hrs)
“História de uma Cantadeira” Director Perdigão Queiroga
Saturday, 3rd September 2011
Time: 5.00 pm (17.00 hrs)
”Ala Arriba” Director Leitão de Barros.
This will be followed by the documentary “Douro Faina Fluvial” and the film “Aniki Bobo” both directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
All the films screened will be followed by a discussion, and as we all know our discussions are never dull. A small introduction to the films to be screened.
“Pai Tirano” (1941) Director: António Lopes Ribeiro.
O Pai Tirano, is a comedy and the first film directed by António Lopes Ribeiro. Its cast consists of the very poular Vasco Santana, Ribeirinho (Francisco Ribeiro), Leonor Maia, Teresa Gomes and Laura Alves. It is one the best known comedies of the Golden Age of Portuguese cinema, still popular six decades after its release.
The Plot:
Francisco Mega (Ribeirinho), a clerk at the then leading department store of Lisbon, "Grandes Armazéns do Grandella", is in love with Tatão (Leonor Maia), who works as a salesgirl at "Perfumaria da Moda". Tatão, however, loves movies and ignores Mega. Francisco an amateur theatre player has an amateur theatre company, the Grandellinhas, he uses the rehearsals of the play ‘O Pai Tirano’ ou ‘O Último dos Almeidas’ to present himself as a son who has split from his tyrant father for love, and to woo Tatão.
What happens next? Well you need to see the film! This is a great comedy that will have you laughing throughout.
“História de uma Cantadeira” (1947) Director: Perdigão Queiroga
Follows the life of a poor ‘Fadista’, whose lover a carpenter is also her accompanist. She turns out to be very famous as well as rich. Finding her Bairro too constrained moves out to the capital, but after sometime returns to her Bairro and reconciles with her lover. A sentimental, romantic movie with excellent cinematography and the heart rending fados sung by Amália Rodrigues made this film a huge hit.
Cast: Virgílio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, Erico Braga, Amália Rodrigues, João Nazaret, Henrique Santana, Tony D’Algy, Pestana Amorim, Emilio Correia, Alda de Aguiar, Raul de Carvalho, Reginaldo Duarte, Eugénio Salvador
Do not miss this one, if just to hear the soul searching Fados of Amália Rodrigues.
”Ala Arriba” (1942) Director Leitão de Barros.
Ala-Arriba! a Portuguese romantic docufiction set in Póvoa de Varzim, a traditional Portuguese fishing town. As it deals with ethnographic matters it falls into the genre of ethnofiction. The film was directed by Leitão de Barros, and stars real fishermen as themselves in order to give a realistic view over traditions and social behaviours of the community.
Focusing the cultural context, it continuously shifts from documentary to drama, by means of a fictional narrative. Contemporary to Robert Flaherty, Barros is with him one of the first filmmakers to explore docufiction and ethnofiction as forms of dramatic narrative.
The Plot:
Focuses on a maritime tragedy, and a forbidden love between Julia (Elsa Bela-Flor) and João Moço (Domingos Gonçalves), who come from different ‘castes’, this in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed and dating without parent's assent and approval was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.
The film may appear a simple love story but the Cinematography is truly amazing, made more spectacular by the harsh reality that can be seen in pure Black and White.
Do not miss this Classical film you will be dazzled by the harsh images, which will leave an imprint on your mind.
The documentary “Douro Faina Fluvial” and the film “Aniki Bobo” both directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
What can be said about Manoel de Oliveira, which has not been said? He is at 100 the oldest director and still directs films. He never followed a particular genre, but as he says - directs movies for the sheer pleasure of it, regardless of critical reaction. He is winner of multiple awards that include a Golden Palm for his lifetime achievements in 2008.
“Aniki Bobo” has children, from Oliveira's hometown, Porto, as its actors. The script was adapted by Manoel de Oliveira from a short story by José Rodrigues de Freitas, ‘Meninos Milionários’. Aniki-Bóbó is a rhyme from a children's game. Initially not very well received, gained recognition with time and was finally accepted as one of the most important Portuguese films. In several respects, this film seems to anticipate Italian neorealism.
“Douro Faina Fluvial”
A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Oporto, although a documentary it has interludes which are romantic in nature with some humour thrown in
Take some time off to watch these timeless classics!
Before we move on to our stay at the University of Aveiro or better to the adventures of the ‘Intrepid 10’, I would like to inform you about the Festival of Portuguese Film Classics that Instituto Camões will be hosting a at AGVA House, Panaji.
The Programme is as follows:
Saturday, 6th August 2011
Time: 5.00 pm (17.00 hrs)
“Pai Tirano” (1941) Director: António Lopes Ribeiro
Saturday, 20th August 2011
Time: 5.00 pm (17.00 hrs)
“História de uma Cantadeira” Director Perdigão Queiroga
Saturday, 3rd September 2011
Time: 5.00 pm (17.00 hrs)
”Ala Arriba” Director Leitão de Barros.
This will be followed by the documentary “Douro Faina Fluvial” and the film “Aniki Bobo” both directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
All the films screened will be followed by a discussion, and as we all know our discussions are never dull. A small introduction to the films to be screened.
“Pai Tirano” (1941) Director: António Lopes Ribeiro.
O Pai Tirano, is a comedy and the first film directed by António Lopes Ribeiro. Its cast consists of the very poular Vasco Santana, Ribeirinho (Francisco Ribeiro), Leonor Maia, Teresa Gomes and Laura Alves. It is one the best known comedies of the Golden Age of Portuguese cinema, still popular six decades after its release.
The Plot:
Francisco Mega (Ribeirinho), a clerk at the then leading department store of Lisbon, "Grandes Armazéns do Grandella", is in love with Tatão (Leonor Maia), who works as a salesgirl at "Perfumaria da Moda". Tatão, however, loves movies and ignores Mega. Francisco an amateur theatre player has an amateur theatre company, the Grandellinhas, he uses the rehearsals of the play ‘O Pai Tirano’ ou ‘O Último dos Almeidas’ to present himself as a son who has split from his tyrant father for love, and to woo Tatão.
What happens next? Well you need to see the film! This is a great comedy that will have you laughing throughout.
“História de uma Cantadeira” (1947) Director: Perdigão Queiroga
Follows the life of a poor ‘Fadista’, whose lover a carpenter is also her accompanist. She turns out to be very famous as well as rich. Finding her Bairro too constrained moves out to the capital, but after sometime returns to her Bairro and reconciles with her lover. A sentimental, romantic movie with excellent cinematography and the heart rending fados sung by Amália Rodrigues made this film a huge hit.
Cast: Virgílio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, Erico Braga, Amália Rodrigues, João Nazaret, Henrique Santana, Tony D’Algy, Pestana Amorim, Emilio Correia, Alda de Aguiar, Raul de Carvalho, Reginaldo Duarte, Eugénio Salvador
Do not miss this one, if just to hear the soul searching Fados of Amália Rodrigues.
”Ala Arriba” (1942) Director Leitão de Barros.
Ala-Arriba! a Portuguese romantic docufiction set in Póvoa de Varzim, a traditional Portuguese fishing town. As it deals with ethnographic matters it falls into the genre of ethnofiction. The film was directed by Leitão de Barros, and stars real fishermen as themselves in order to give a realistic view over traditions and social behaviours of the community.
Focusing the cultural context, it continuously shifts from documentary to drama, by means of a fictional narrative. Contemporary to Robert Flaherty, Barros is with him one of the first filmmakers to explore docufiction and ethnofiction as forms of dramatic narrative.
The Plot:
Focuses on a maritime tragedy, and a forbidden love between Julia (Elsa Bela-Flor) and João Moço (Domingos Gonçalves), who come from different ‘castes’, this in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed and dating without parent's assent and approval was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.
The film may appear a simple love story but the Cinematography is truly amazing, made more spectacular by the harsh reality that can be seen in pure Black and White.
Do not miss this Classical film you will be dazzled by the harsh images, which will leave an imprint on your mind.
The documentary “Douro Faina Fluvial” and the film “Aniki Bobo” both directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
What can be said about Manoel de Oliveira, which has not been said? He is at 100 the oldest director and still directs films. He never followed a particular genre, but as he says - directs movies for the sheer pleasure of it, regardless of critical reaction. He is winner of multiple awards that include a Golden Palm for his lifetime achievements in 2008.
“Aniki Bobo” has children, from Oliveira's hometown, Porto, as its actors. The script was adapted by Manoel de Oliveira from a short story by José Rodrigues de Freitas, ‘Meninos Milionários’. Aniki-Bóbó is a rhyme from a children's game. Initially not very well received, gained recognition with time and was finally accepted as one of the most important Portuguese films. In several respects, this film seems to anticipate Italian neorealism.
“Douro Faina Fluvial”
A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Oporto, although a documentary it has interludes which are romantic in nature with some humour thrown in
Take some time off to watch these timeless classics!
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