Douro, faina fluvial / Labor on the Douro river

Ελληνική Πρεμιέρα/Greek Premiere
Ντοκιμαντέρ/Documentary,Πορτογαλία/Portugal, 1931, 20 ́, 35mm, α/μ/b&w, χωρίς διαλόγους/no dialogue

In his first documentary, De Oliveira draws images from the daily labor at the banks of river Douro, as it flows though the city of Oporto. The circulation of the boats, the bridge, the machinery and the neighborhoods alongshore, in which the people of labor live and work, are composed in the rythmics and poetics of the city. In his debut, Oliveira is conversation with Ruttmann’s Berlin: Symphony of a City (1927).

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction: Manoel de Oliveira
Σενάριο/Screenplay Vicente Sanches, Manoel de Oliveira
Φωτογραφία/Cinematography: António Mendes
Μοντάζ/Editing: Manoel de Oliveira
Ήχος/Sound: Fernando Vernalde
Παραγωγός/ Producer: Manoel de Oliveira
Προέλευση ταινίας/Film Source: Πορτογαλική Ταινιοθήκη-Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου/Portuguese Cinematheque-Museum of Cinema

*Screening along with the film “Aniki-Bόbό”

* Suitable for English speaking audience