An adaptation of the novel of the same name, written in 1863 by Camilo Castelo Branco, one of the greatest Portuguese romantic authors. The story, a precise rendering of the novel, concerns the impossible love between Simão Botelho and Teresa de Albuquerque, a boy and a girl of noble families engaged in a feud. The film discusses the transgression of social laws and norms and their replacement by new standards of behavior adopted by the central characters, standards complied with to the point of death or insanity. Simão really did exist: he was the uncle of author Camilo Castelo Branco. Both uncle and nephew experienced complicated love affairs and were held prisoner because of these same affairs, in the same prison, in Porto. This was the opening film for the 3rd Mostra.
Título original: Amor de Perdição
Ano: 1978
Duração: 262 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Portugal
Cor: color, 35mm
Direção: Manoel de Oliveira
Roteiro: Manoel de Oliveira
Fotografia: Manoel Costa e Silva
Elenco: Antônio Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallenkamp, António J. Costa, Henrique Viana, Maria Dulce, Ruy Furtado, João César Monteiro
Produtor: Paulo Branco, Henrique do Espírito Santo
Edições: 3, 29