Country: Portugal
Year: 1998
Duration: 88'


The siblings Nuno and Laura are very similar: They each have a forbidden and impossible relationship, which they don't dare discuss. The course of events will bring them into conflict but in the end they will discover that they have never been so close.

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

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura e fotografia: Joaquim Pinto.
Sound: Francisco Veloso, Vasco Pimentel.
Music: Miso Ensemble.
Editor: Claudio Martinez.
Cast and characters: Laura Morante (Laura), António Pedro Figueiredo (Nuno), Marcello Urgeghe (Alberto), Manuel Lobão (Francisco), Inês Medeiros, Vicente Pinto.
Production company: GEM.
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