17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Retrospective - Portuguese Cinema (1970-1999)
DAS TRIPAS CORAÇÃO
by Joaquim Pinto
Country: Portugal
Year: 1992
Duration: 65'
The third episode in the series Os 4 elementos (O Fogo). Beatriz and Armando are twenty-year-old twins, and one day their life's wish comes true: they join the fire department. Armando saves a charming next-door-neighbor. The two become first friends and then lovers. Beatriz has a strange symptom: she constantly hears the crackling of flames. At first she makes a type of walkman which isolates her from the rest of the world, but she later discovers that the only remedy is kissing. She therefore goes in search of men, especially tourists, who she will never see again. In the end, Beatriz' behavior causes her estrangement from her brother, and because of her, Armando's girlfriend leaves him.
Biography
film director
Joaquim Pinto
Joaquim Pinto (Porto, Portugal, 1957) studied sound engineering and from 1979 to 1987 worked with filmmakers like de Oliveira, Tanner, and Monteiro. In 1987 he directed his first film, Uma Pedra no Bolso, followed by Onde Bate o Sol (1989), both of which were selected at the Berlinale. Das Tripas Coração was in the competition section at the Locarno Festival in 1992. His films were also part of the 1999 retrospective on Portuguese cinema from the 17th Torino Film Festival, where he presented also in 2013 E Agora? Lembra-me. Aside from making documentaries, he also started with Nuno Leonel a publishing company.
FILMOGRAFIA
Joaquim Pinto:
Uma Pedra no Bolso (1988), Onde Bate o Sol (1989), Das Tripas Coração (1992), Para cá dos Montes (cm, 1993).
Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel:
Surfavela (mm, doc., 1996), Entrevista com (interview with) Yvonne Bezerra de Mello (mm, 1998), Com Cuspe e com Jeito Se Bota no Cu do Sujeito (cm, doc., 1998), Rabo de Peixe (mm, doc., 2003), Segurança Maritima Passado, Presente e Futuro (cm, doc., 2006), Sol Menor (cm, 2007), Porca Miséria (cm, anim., 2007), E Agora? Lembra-me (2013), O Novo Testamento de Jesus Cristo Segundo João (2013), Fim de Citação (2013), Rabo de Peixe (doc., 2015).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Joquim Pinto.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Jeanne Waltz.
Director of photography: Sophie Maintigneux.
Art director: Ana Vaz da Silva.
Music: Jorge Arriagada.
Sound: Francisco Veloso.
Editor: Claudio Martinez.
Cast and characters: Elsa Batalha (Beatriz), Manuel Wiborg (Armando), Leonor Silveira (la vicina), Cecília Guimarães, Armando Cortez, Marcia Breia. Producer: Paulo Branco.
Production company: Madragoa Filmes/Radiotelevisão Portuguesa/La Sept.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Jeanne Waltz.
Director of photography: Sophie Maintigneux.
Art director: Ana Vaz da Silva.
Music: Jorge Arriagada.
Sound: Francisco Veloso.
Editor: Claudio Martinez.
Cast and characters: Elsa Batalha (Beatriz), Manuel Wiborg (Armando), Leonor Silveira (la vicina), Cecília Guimarães, Armando Cortez, Marcia Breia. Producer: Paulo Branco.
Production company: Madragoa Filmes/Radiotelevisão Portuguesa/La Sept.
