O maior cineasta vivo de Portugal apresenta esta alucinação onírica de uma alma perdida pertencente à classe inferior reprimida, abusada, mal utilizada e esquecida do país. Com seu cinema político e poético, Pedro Costa dá voz aos invisíveis e uma verdadeira presença cinematográfica.
A masterpiece about the making of a masterpiece, this crepuscular portrait of Straub-Huillet’s creative process has been described by Pedro Costa as both his first comedy and his first love story. Intimate and illuminating, it’s an indispensable lesson in filmmaking from three titans of cinema.
Drawing inspiration from Godard’s Sympathy for the Devil, Pedro Costa fashions an idiosyncratic, black and white portrait of French actor and singer Jeanne Balibar. Capturing the star in long, seductive takes, the Portuguese master eschews biography for the smoky, mystical groove of ineffability.
If only all omnibus films were this good! When Guimarães was the European Capital of Culture, it commissioned this luminous gathering of visionaries: Aki Kaurismäki, Pedro Costa, Victor Erice, and Manoel de Oliveira. Wry, mournful, inquisitive and comic, they delve into Portugal’s soul.
