by Cláudio Alves
Just this weekend, I was singing the praises of Pedro Costa's Vitalina Varela. Lo and behold, the shadowy chamber drama is one of four finalists for Portugal's Oscar submission. A jury of the Portuguese Film Academy, made up of directors Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Lauro António and Monique Rutler, actors Isabel Abreu and Welket Bungué, and cinematographer Miguel Sales Lopes, has selected their finalists from a list of 33 eligible features. The quartet of lucky films are…...
Just this weekend, I was singing the praises of Pedro Costa's Vitalina Varela. Lo and behold, the shadowy chamber drama is one of four finalists for Portugal's Oscar submission. A jury of the Portuguese Film Academy, made up of directors Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Lauro António and Monique Rutler, actors Isabel Abreu and Welket Bungué, and cinematographer Miguel Sales Lopes, has selected their finalists from a list of 33 eligible features. The quartet of lucky films are…...
- 11/3/2020
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Sandro Aguilar is well known in Portugal for his visually rich experimental shorts, now he makes is full length debut with Uprise. In this fragmented tale of loneliness we see the lives of multiple poverty stricken and disfranchised characters trying to make sense of, and connecting with the outside world.
The official site for this drama is now online. In it you can find a still gallery and a streaming trailer. The screenplay of Uprise was written by Sandro Aguilar himself. The movie stars Isabel Abreu, António Pedroso, Cátia Afonso, Tiago Barbosa, Guilherme Pina Cabral, Nuno Bernardo, and Manuel Mesquita. Here’s a plot synopsis provided by the production company:
Each character in Uprise has to deal with the loss of a loved one. A man observes his father’s body lying on the white hospital sheets, only moving because of the artificial respirator that keeps him alive. A panic-stricken...
The official site for this drama is now online. In it you can find a still gallery and a streaming trailer. The screenplay of Uprise was written by Sandro Aguilar himself. The movie stars Isabel Abreu, António Pedroso, Cátia Afonso, Tiago Barbosa, Guilherme Pina Cabral, Nuno Bernardo, and Manuel Mesquita. Here’s a plot synopsis provided by the production company:
Each character in Uprise has to deal with the loss of a loved one. A man observes his father’s body lying on the white hospital sheets, only moving because of the artificial respirator that keeps him alive. A panic-stricken...
- 6/8/2009
- by Marcio
- Screen Anarchy
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