Acto da primavera / Rite of spring

Αθηναϊκή Πρεμιέρα/Athenian Premiere
Μυθοπλασία/Fiction, Πορτογαλία/Portugal, 1962, 115 ́, 35mm, Έγχρ./Color, Πορτογαλικά/Portuguese

De Oliveira’s original intention was to make an ethnographic documentary about the re-creative ritual of the Passion of Christ, by the local community of Curalha, in Portugal. That is a distinctive local tradition, rooted in the 16th-century, in which the words are chanted. In fact, it is De Oliveira second fiction film, in which the devout and self-reflective documentation gives way to a beautifully audacious and uncompromisingly modern directing style.

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction: Manoel de Oliveira
Σενάριο/Screenplay Francisco Vaz De Guimarães, Manoel de Oliveira
Φωτογραφία/ Cinematography: Manoel de Oliveira
Μοντάζ/Editing: Manoel de Oliveira
Ήχος/Sound: Manoel de Oliveira
Ηθοποιοί/Cast: Nicolau Nunes Da Silva, Ermelinda Pires, Maria Madalena
Παραγωγός/ Producer: Manoel de Oliveira
Προέλευση ταινίας/Film Source: Πορτογαλική Ταινιοθήκη-Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου/Portuguese Cinematheque-Museum of Cinema

Presentation from Jose Manuel Costa, director of Cinemateca Portuguesa

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