River of Gold
O Rio do Ouro
Portugal
1998
95 Min
Color
Portuguese
Synopsis
After an old couple gets married, their niece, Melita, falls in the water of the “river of gold” and shouts for help. Antonio saves her life and Carolina becomes jealous. On a train, Ze, a goldsmith and gypsy visionary, tries to sell Melita a gold necklace. Unfortunately, he “sees” the innocent girl’s past life: she is said to have killed her lover and painted their love chamber with his blood. Terrified, Ze flees. Carolina runs after him, steals the necklace and becomes his mistress. She wants him to tell her this terrifying secret. —Film.com
Director
Paulo Rocha
Born on December 22, 1935 in Oporto, Portugal.
Paulo abandoned Lisbon Law School to dedicate himself to the movies, and founded Cine-Clube de Lisboa (CCC) with Nuno de Bragança, Duarte de Almeida, Pedro Tamen and Alberto Vaz da Silva. In 1962, concluded his studies at IDHEC, Paris, France, but he says he learned more watching time and again Jean Renoir and Kenzo Mizoguchi films than in academic film studies.
Among his best known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 1998 Festival.
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