Country: Portugal
Year: 1961
Duration: 27'
The last tuna massacre in a village in Algarve. After the filming was over, the small fishing village was completely swept away by a violent storm.
"Faces, objects, labor, the hard work of the men and the violent noises made by the captured tuna: this is the basis of A almadraba atuneira. A type of ethnographic research and a sincere homage to the work of these men: these are Campos' two guiding themes in this film in which anxiety, anticipation and, finally, the capture, are permeated by a breath of grandeur and sadness. And so this movie, filmed directly from reality, but with a careful use of cinematic properties (editing, sound), is imbued with an aesthetic sense that wants to be close to the people and put itself at their service. Such is António Campos: a unique person, one of a kind in Portuguese cinema" (Jorge Leitão Ramos).
Biography
film director
António Campos
Born in Leiria in 1922, Antonio Campos is best known for his documentary features, which since the seventies have established him as one of the most perspicacious social observer in Portugal. After studying painting in Porto, he returned to Leiria to make is first film, Um Tesouro (1958), a fiction short. He continued working in short films until 1971, when he moved into documentary feature with the magnificent Vilarinho das Furnas. Setting out to describe the transformations of the Portuguese countryside, Campos began developping a fascinating body of anthropological film work. In 1991 he directed his first fiction feature, Terra fria, based on a novel by Ferreira de Castro.
FILMOGRAFIA
Um tesouro (cm, 1958), A Almadraba Atuneira (1961), Chagall (1966), Colagem (1967), Vilarinho das Furnas (1971), Falamos de Rio Onor (1974), Gente de Prai de Vieira (1975), Histórias Selvagens (1978), Terra fria (1991), A tremonha de cristal (1993).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, fotografia e montaggio: António Campos.
Sound: Alexandre Gonçalves.
Music: Igor Stravinsky.
Cast: i pescatori Octávia, Maria Manuela, Escalço Valadas e Malheiro do Vale.
Producer: António Campos.
Sound: Alexandre Gonçalves.
Music: Igor Stravinsky.
Cast: i pescatori Octávia, Maria Manuela, Escalço Valadas e Malheiro do Vale.
Producer: António Campos.