A caixa / Blind man’s buff

Μυθοπλασία/Fiction, Γαλλία/France, 1955, 86 ́ DCP, α/μ/b&w

Shot entirely on the set of a flight of steps winding upwards through a poor neighbourhood, the film tells the misadventures of a blind beggar and his daughter, who is a washerwoman and does all the housework. Her companion is a rotter and lives off her and the blind man’s hand-out box. When the box is stolen for the second time, events take a dramatic turn. De Oliveira described the film as a portrait of humanness, introduced via a group of poor and marginal people.

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction: Manoel de Oliveira
Σενάριο/Screenplay Manoel de Oliveira
Φωτογραφία/ Cinematography: Mário Barroso
Μοντάζ/Editing: Manoel de Oliveira, Valérie Loiseleux
Ήχος/Sound: Jean- François Auger
Ηθοποιοί/Cast: Luís Miguel Cintra, Glicínia Quartin, Ruy de Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda
Παραγωγός/Producer: Paulo Branco
Προέλευση ταινίας/Film Source: Πορτογαλική Ταινιοθήκη-Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου/Portuguese Cinematheque-Museum of Cinema

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