''Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico'' is a 1962 Portuguese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Jorge Brum do Canto Jorge Brum do Canto (10 February 1910 – 7 February 1994) was a Portuguese film director and actor. His career spanned over a half-century, from 1929 to 1984. Biography Jorge Brum do Canto was born in Lisbon into a family with aristocratic Flemi ...

. It was entered into the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...

. The film is based on the book of the same name written by

Fernando Namora Fernando Namora (15 April 1919 – 31 January 1989), with the full name Fernando Gonçalves Namora was a Portuguese writer and medical doctor. Namora was born in Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra District and died in Lisbon, Portugal. He received his med ...

. It contains several separate stories, each from the life of a physician and told as

first-person narrative A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a storyteller recounts events from their own point of view using the first person It may be narrated by a first-person protagonist (or other focal character), first-person re-teller, ...

from the memory of the central character, drawing a realistic picture of the life of a physician with the use of many adjectives.

Cast

* Jorge Sousa Costa - Doctor * João Guedes - Dr. Valenca * Emilio Correia - Pharmacist * Irene Cruz - Luisa * Costa Ferreira *

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* Maria Olguim * Leónia Mendes * Manuela Bonito * Rudolfo Neves * Ivone de Moura * Mário Sargedas * António Machado * Emídio Ribeiro Pratas

References

External links

* 1961 books 1962 films 1960s Portuguese-language films 1962 drama films Portuguese literature Portuguese black-and-white films Films directed by Jorge Brum do Canto Portuguese drama films {{Portugal-film-stub