Country: Portugal
Year: 1971
Duration: 61'
The village of Vilarinho das Furnas is condemned to be submerged under the waters of a big hydroelectric plant. The town's livlihood is based on tending flocks, the only way the inhabitants have to overcome the difficult living conditions of the area. Vilarinho das Furnas disappears under the mass of cold, clear water that for years had given them sustenance.
"The idea of making this film came to me when Paulo Rocha told me about the imminent disappearance of a village, submerged under the artificial lake created by a dam. I left immediately, but when I arrived I was disappointed, I didn't find that community spirit I had thought to find. It is our enthusiasm which makes us see things that aren't there. Today I can see that it isn't so, but…" (António Campos).
Biography
film director
António Campos
Born in Leiria in 1922, Antonio Campos is best known for his documentary features, which since the seventies have established him as one of the most perspicacious social observer in Portugal. After studying painting in Porto, he returned to Leiria to make is first film, Um Tesouro (1958), a fiction short. He continued working in short films until 1971, when he moved into documentary feature with the magnificent Vilarinho das Furnas. Setting out to describe the transformations of the Portuguese countryside, Campos began developping a fascinating body of anthropological film work. In 1991 he directed his first fiction feature, Terra fria, based on a novel by Ferreira de Castro.
FILMOGRAFIA
Um tesouro (cm, 1958), A Almadraba Atuneira (1961), Chagall (1966), Colagem (1967), Vilarinho das Furnas (1971), Falamos de Rio Onor (1974), Gente de Prai de Vieira (1975), Histórias Selvagens (1978), Terra fria (1991), A tremonha de cristal (1993).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, adattamento, fotografia, suono e montaggio: António Campos.
Plot: da un'idea di Paulo Rocha e dal libro di Jorge Dias.
Cast: Aníbal Gonçalves Pereira (narratore), Quim Zé, Fernando Cruz, Jorge Pereira, Glória.
Producer: António Campos.
Plot: da un'idea di Paulo Rocha e dal libro di Jorge Dias.
Cast: Aníbal Gonçalves Pereira (narratore), Quim Zé, Fernando Cruz, Jorge Pereira, Glória.
Producer: António Campos.