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Famalicão (1940)

Poster do Filme

Sobre o filme

Famalicão, a small village north of Porto, is the homeland of novelist Camilo Castelo Branco (1825-1890). The author of Ill-Fated Love (that, in 1979, inspired a film of the same name made by Manoel himself), is the main character, to be understood within the context of this small documentary in a visit to his house, in an endeavor to comprehend the author?s emotional universe, permeated by obsession, by madness, and death, that once led him to attempt suicide.

Título original: Famalicão

Ano: 1940

Duração: 24 minutos

País: Portugal

Cor: p&b, 35mm

Direção: Manoel de Oliveira

Roteiro: Manoel de Oliveira

Fotografia: António Mendes

Produtor: Manoel de Oliveira

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