17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Retrospective - Portuguese Cinema (1970-1999)
O SOM DA TERRA A TREMER
by Rita Azevedo Gomes
Country: Portugal
Year: 1990
Duration: 90'
An author writes a story entitled O som da terra a tremer, and the story constantly entwines itself with his private life. The man lives alone and has an imaginary love story with a woman, Isabelle, who has a literary salon and always seems to be waiting for something. One day the two decide to go off together, or imagine that they have, but their departure never takes place. The novel the author is writing is about a sailor who, after spending many months at sea, finally comes to shore in a small city where he falls in love at first sight with a girl. Before casting off again, he gives the girl a book, but she is so sad she barely looks at it. Many years later, the book ends up in the hands of a professor who finds a letter from the sailor hidden inside it. It is a love letter, but the answer never arrived.
Biography
film director
Rita Azevedo Gomes
(Lisbon, portugal, 1952) Since her first feature film, The Sound of the Earth Shaking (1990), she has developed an independent approach to cinema. Her filmography includes Fragile as the World (2001), The 15th Stone (2004), A Woman’s Revenge (2011), Correspondences (2016), The Portuguese Woman (2018), Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies (2019), co-directed with Pierre Léon and Jean-Louis Schefer. She also develops artistic projects in theatre and opera. Film programmer at the Cinemateca Portuguesa.
FILMOGRAFIA
O Som da Terra a Tremer (1990), Frágil Como o Mundo (2001), Altar (video, 2003), A Conquista de Faro (cm, 2005), A 15ª Pedra (doc, 2007), A Colecção Invisível (2009), A Vingança de Uma Mulher (2012), Correspondências (2016), A Portuguesa (2018), Danses macabres, squelettes et autres fantaisies (coregia Pierre Léon e Jean-Louis Schefer, doc, 2019), O Ah! das coisas, 6 de Abril 2020 (cm, 2020), O Trio em Mi Bemol (2022).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Rita Azevedo Gomes.
Director of photography: Acácio de Almeida.
Art director: Maria Tomás.
Sound: Vasco Pimentel.
Editor: Manuela Viegas.
Cast: José Mário Branco, Manuela de Freitas, Míguel Gonçalves, Sara Marques, Duarte de Almeida.
Production company: Inforfilmes/IPC/RTP.
Director of photography: Acácio de Almeida.
Art director: Maria Tomás.
Sound: Vasco Pimentel.
Editor: Manuela Viegas.
Cast: José Mário Branco, Manuela de Freitas, Míguel Gonçalves, Sara Marques, Duarte de Almeida.
Production company: Inforfilmes/IPC/RTP.
