Country: Portugal
Year: 1978
Duration: 80'
A movie company arrives in Várzea dos Amarelos, a small town which, thanks to wide-spread emigration, only has sixty inhabitants. The plan is to film one of the area's traditional ceremonies. The director's mother, Elvira Marques, in a long interview, remembers her life and daily tribulations, on the eve of the important political and social transformations of the 25th of April. Reality and fantasy quickly become confused.
Biography
film director
Fernando Lopes
Cast
& Credits
Director and plot: Fernando Lopes.
Screenplay: Fernando Lopes in collaborazione con Alexandre O'Neill.
Director of photography: Manuel Costa e Silva.
Art director: Jasmin.
Sound: João Canedo, Manuel Tomás, João Carlos Gorjão.
Music: Sérgio Godinho.
Editor: Fernando Lopes, João Carlos Gorjão.
Cast and characters: Zita Duarte (la cameriera), Wanda França (la cameriera giovane), Adelaide João (la governante), Fernando Barradas (Fernando da ragazzo), Lia Gama (prostituta), Elvira Marques (se stessa).
Production company: Centro Português de Cinema (CPC).
Screenplay: Fernando Lopes in collaborazione con Alexandre O'Neill.
Director of photography: Manuel Costa e Silva.
Art director: Jasmin.
Sound: João Canedo, Manuel Tomás, João Carlos Gorjão.
Music: Sérgio Godinho.
Editor: Fernando Lopes, João Carlos Gorjão.
Cast and characters: Zita Duarte (la cameriera), Wanda França (la cameriera giovane), Adelaide João (la governante), Fernando Barradas (Fernando da ragazzo), Lia Gama (prostituta), Elvira Marques (se stessa).
Production company: Centro Português de Cinema (CPC).