Country: Portugal
Year: 1995
Duration: 120'
Rita aged nineteen works in a beauty shop. Her beautiful long black hair is the envy of her colleagues. The young girl is just about to marry Paulo, a cameraman, she is not certain really loves her. Therefore she decides to test him: she cuts her hair very short and covers her head with a white veil bought in a bridal shop. The marriage is celebrated in a registry office. Rita removes her veil in front of the justice of peace, leaving the bridegroom open-mouthed. The young man is extremely displeased with her new haircut and the dinner that ensues is eaten in a cold, silent atmosphere. On reaching home, the two separate. Paulo spends the night with his camera on his shoulder, while Rita wanders about the city. Their relationship is over but another one is about to begin.
Biography
film director
Joaquim Sapinho
Joaquim
Sapinho (Sabugal,
Portugal, 1964) studied at
the Advanced School for Film and Theater in Lisbon (where he also work
as a
visiting
professor). He worked with
Jorge Silva Melo on the screenplay for The
Devil's Wife, a Tolstoji adaptation. In 1992, with
backing from the European Script Fund and the Media program, he
collaborated on
the script with Paul Rocha, The Shipwreck of
Sepulveda. He directed a documentary on
the painter Julião Sarmento. Sapinho received the
Genève-Europe Television
Creation Aid Prize from The European Radio Broadcasting Union for the
treatment
of Corte de cabelo, as well as development funding from the Portuguese Film
Institute.
FILMOGRAFIA
À
Beira Mar (cm, 1988), Julião
Sarmento (mm,
doc., 1994), Corte de Cabelo (1995), A
Vida Anterior (mm, 2000), Mulher
Polícia (2002), Bosanci (cm,
2001), Regra (cm, 2003), Diários
da Bósnia (2004).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Joaquim Sapinho.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Joaquim Sapinho, Manuela Viegas, Amândio Coroado.
Director of photography: Luís Correia.
Costume designer: João Pedro Rodrigues, João Guerra da Mota.
Sound: Pedro Caldas.
Editor: Manuela Viegas.
Cast and characters: Carla Bolito (Rita), Marco Delgado (Paulo), Francisco Nascimento, Orlando Sergio.
Producer: Joaquim Sapinho.
Production company: Rosa Filmes/IPACA/RTP.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Joaquim Sapinho, Manuela Viegas, Amândio Coroado.
Director of photography: Luís Correia.
Costume designer: João Pedro Rodrigues, João Guerra da Mota.
Sound: Pedro Caldas.
Editor: Manuela Viegas.
Cast and characters: Carla Bolito (Rita), Marco Delgado (Paulo), Francisco Nascimento, Orlando Sergio.
Producer: Joaquim Sapinho.
Production company: Rosa Filmes/IPACA/RTP.