Country: Portugal
Year: 1999
Duration: 90'
The relationship between Antonio and Ruth breaks off unexpectedly. Ruth goes to live with Antonio's best friend, Pedro. Antonio withdraws into himself and refuses to react. Violeta and Gaspar come to help him. These two strange characters manage to lift his morale. Finally, Violeta and Gaspar return to their realms populated with ghosts, angels, and devils as a storm is about to strike. And life goes on.
"Quando Troveja was made thanks to the support and the generosity of a few friends, who encouraged me to make this film. So, if the movie exists it is thanks to them, to my producer who supported the project and believed in me, to the actors, the actresses and to all the members of the troupe whose commitment and dedication made it possible" (Manuel Mozos).
Biography
film director
Manuel Mozos
Manuel Mozos (Lisbon, 1959) attended film school in Lisbon, where he specialized in editing. After studying in Paris, he returned to Portugal where he has made videoclips and documentaries, and has worked as assistant of theater director Jorge Silva Melo. His first film, the middle-lenght Um Passo, Outro passo e Depois…, has won in Belfort. In 1999 Quando troveja has partecipated in the International Competion at the Torino Film Festival. Xavier, realised in 1991, has been finished only in 2003.
FILMOGRAFIA
Um Passo, Outro passo e Depois… (mm, TV, 1989), Xavier (1991-2003), Lisboa No Cinema - um ponto de vista (mm, doc., 1994), Cinema Português? Diálogos com João Bernárd Da Costa (mm, doc., 1996), Solitarium (cm, 1996), Voz Marinheira (cm, 1996), Sons da Luso fonia (cm, 1997), José Cardoso Pires (mm, doc., 1998), Os Tristes Anos: História do Cinema Português 1945-1960 (mm, doc., 1998), Quando Troveja (1999), Censura: Alguns Cortes (1999), Crescei e Multiplicai-vos (cm, 2000).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Manuel Mozos.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Manuel Mozos, Jeanne Waltz.
Director of photography: José António Loureiro.
Costume designer: Tatão Amaral.
Art director: Georges Le Calvé.
Sound: Francisco Veloso.
Music: Vítor Rua.
Editor: Pedro Ribeiro.
Cast and characters: Miguel Guilherme (António), Elsa Valentim (Violeta), José Wallenstein (Pedro), Raquel Dias (Ruth), Bruno Bravo (Gaspar).
Producer: Maria Antónia Seabra.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: As-Produções cinematográficas, Lda., rua Jacinto Nunes, 18, 1° Esq., 1170 Lisboa, Portugal, tel. +351-1-8132090, fax +351-1-8124404, e-mail asproducoes@teleweb.pt.
Co-production: RTP - Rádio Televisão Portuguesa, SA.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Manuel Mozos, Jeanne Waltz.
Director of photography: José António Loureiro.
Costume designer: Tatão Amaral.
Art director: Georges Le Calvé.
Sound: Francisco Veloso.
Music: Vítor Rua.
Editor: Pedro Ribeiro.
Cast and characters: Miguel Guilherme (António), Elsa Valentim (Violeta), José Wallenstein (Pedro), Raquel Dias (Ruth), Bruno Bravo (Gaspar).
Producer: Maria Antónia Seabra.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: As-Produções cinematográficas, Lda., rua Jacinto Nunes, 18, 1° Esq., 1170 Lisboa, Portugal, tel. +351-1-8132090, fax +351-1-8124404, e-mail asproducoes@teleweb.pt.
Co-production: RTP - Rádio Televisão Portuguesa, SA.