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''Trails'' or ''Paths'' () is a 1978 Portuguese art film An art film, arthouse film, or specialty film is an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made prima ... directed by João César Monteiro in his debut feature. Synopsis "History of the Branca-Flor" from legends and figures of popular mythology. Roots of an itinerary through the natural and landscape origins, to the heart of Portugal. The values (water, birth, life-wheel), the figures (the devil, the wolves) and the references (the lord, servitude), with a stigma of unavoidable justice". Cast * Manuela de Freitas * Luís de Sousa Costa * Francisco Domingues * Carmen Duarte * Margarida Gil * António Mendes References External links * 1978 films Films directed by João César Monteiro {{Portugal-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro Santos (2 February 1939 – 3 February 2003) was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic. He is known for writing and directing films such as '' Recollections of the Yellow House'' (1989), '' God's Comedy'' (1995) and '' As Bodas de Deus'' (1999) Life and career João César Monteiro was born into a family with anti-fascist and anti-clerical ideals. His family moved to Lisbon when Monteiro was 15 years old to enable him to continue his studies. In 1963, with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Monteiro traveled to Great Britain to study at the London Film School (known then as the London School of Film Technique). In 1965 in Portugal, he began work on his first film, '' Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço'' (Who Waits for the Deceased's Shoes Dies Barefoot), which would not be finished for five years due to financial problems. At the same time, he made the short documentary " Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acácio De Almeida
Acácio de Almeida (born 29 June 1938) is a Portuguese cinematographer best known for his work with João César Monteiro, Raúl Ruiz (director), Raúl Ruiz, Alain Tanner, Valeria Sarmiento and Rita Azevedo Gomes. Filmography * ''Past and Present (1972 film), Past and Present'' (1972) * ''Brandos Costumes'' (1974) * ''Trás-os-Montes (film), Trás-os-Montes'' (1976) * ''Veredas'' (1978) * ''Silvestre (film), Silvestre'' (1981) * ''A Ilha dos Amores'' (1982) * ''Ana (1982 film), Ana'' (1982) * ''City of Pirates'' (1983) * ''In the White City'' (1983) * ''Manoel's Destinies'' (1984) * ''Régime sans pain'' (1985) * ''Treasure Island (1985 film), Treasure Island'' (1985) * ''Mammame'' (1986) * ''A Portuguese Goodbye'' (1986) * ''A Flame in My Heart'' (1987) * ''The Mask (1988 film), The Mask'' (1988) * ''O Sangue'' (1989) * ''Etoile (film), Etoile'' (1989) * ''Un Asunto Privado'' (1996) * ''The Mutants (film), The Mutants'' (1998) * ''Love Torn in a Dream'' (2000) * ''Rasganço'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Film
An art film, arthouse film, or specialty film is an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit", and containing "unconventional or highly symbolic content". Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing "formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films". These qualities can include (among other elements) a sense of social realism; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director; and a focus on the thoughts, dreams, or motivations of characters, as opposed to the unfolding of a clear, goal-driven story. Film scholars David Bordwell and Barry Keith Grant describe art cinema as "a film genre, with its own distinct conventions". Art film producers usually present their films at special theaters (repertory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarida Gil
Maria Margarida Gil Lopes' (born 1950) is a Portuguese filmmaker, teacher and artist. She has been president of the Association of Portuguese Directors. She collaborated with and was married to the director, actor and film critic, João César Monteiro. Early life Margarida Gil was born on 7 September 1950 in Covilhã, a city in the centre of Portugal, where she went to high school. In 1968, at the age of 17, she and her family moved to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, where she attended the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon at the same time as supporting herself by working at the '' Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa''. She graduated in Germanic Philology, although her earlier plans were to study fine arts and become a painter. Gil began to attend sessions that the '' Cinemateca Portuguesa'' promoted, and during the showing of a cycle of films of the German director, F.W. Murnau, she met João César Monteiro, who was finishing the filming of his short film ''Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Films
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for '' The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
