Country: Portugal
Year: 1988
Duration: 91'
Miguel is twelve years old and isn't doing well at school. As a punishment, he is sent for a few days to stay with his aunt, who runs a boarding house near the sea. Miguel doesn't like this place because nothing ever happens there. But he soon makes friends with Luisa, the waitress - who teaches him to dance - and with João, a fisherman. The arrival of Doctor Fernando, a new guest, upsets the delicate balance of the small seaside locale. Fernando invites João to dinner. From that moment on, Miguel finds himself involved in a rapidly changing series of event.
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, fotografia e montaggio: Joaquim Pinto.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Eduarda Chiotte, Joaquim Pinto.
Sound: Francisco Veloso.
Music: Paula e Miguel Azguime, Miso Ensemble.
Cast and characters: Bruno Leite (Miguel), Manuel Lobão (João), Isabel de Castro (Luisa), Luís Miguel Cintra (dottor Fernando), Inês Medeiros.
Producer: João Pedro Bénard da Costa.
Production company: G.E.R.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Eduarda Chiotte, Joaquim Pinto.
Sound: Francisco Veloso.
Music: Paula e Miguel Azguime, Miso Ensemble.
Cast and characters: Bruno Leite (Miguel), Manuel Lobão (João), Isabel de Castro (Luisa), Luís Miguel Cintra (dottor Fernando), Inês Medeiros.
Producer: João Pedro Bénard da Costa.
Production company: G.E.R.