Country: Portugal, France
Year: 1993
Duration: 58'
"When André Bazin's widow and Labarthe contacted me from Paris to ask me to make a portrait of Manoel for the Franco-German channel La Setp/ARTE, I found it hard to say no. I had long owed it to him and to myself, and it was a chance to go in search of the Portoguese roots of our cinema, which are generally undervalued. I certainly didn't want to do anything didactic, after the style of an illustrative portrait. What I wanted was a bouquet of poisoned flowers, an explosion of applause for the old cannibal master" (Paulo Rocha).
Biography
film director
Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha (Oporto, 1935) studied law in Lisbon and frequented film clubs. From 1959 to 1961 he lived in Paris, where he was an assistant to Jean Renoir and attended the IDHEC. His first film, Os Verdes Anos (1963) marked the birth of the new Portuguese cinema. Fascinated by the Far East and Japanese cinema, he was cultural attaché of the Portuguese Embassy in Tokyo for many years. During this time, he also completed the key film of his opus, A Ilha dos Amores (1980). Despite difficulties tied to production, he continued his work in Portugal, and became one of the mos
FILMOGRAFIA
Os Verdes Anos (1963), Mudar de Vida (1965), Sever de Vouga (cm, 1970), Pousada das Chagas (1971), A ilha dos Amores (1982), A ilha de Moraes (1984), O Desejado / Les Montagnes de la Lune (1987), Máscara de Aço Contra Abismo Azul (1988), Oliveira, o Arquítecto (1993), O Senhor Portugal em Tokushima (1993), Shoei Imamura, le Libre Penseur (1995), O Rio do Ouro (1998), Camões (1999), As Sereias (cm, 2001), A Raiz do Coração (2000), Vanitas (2004).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Paulo Rocha.
Director of photography: Elso Roque.
Aiuto regia: Julia Buisel.
Editor: Victor Moreira.
Sound: Gita Cerveira (presa diretta), João Gaspar.
Music: Paulo Brandão.
Partecipazioni: Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Isabel de Oliveira, Paulo Rocha, João Bénard da Costa, Leonor Silveira.
Director of Production: Manuel Guanilho.
Production company: Suma Filmes per AMIP, La Sept, INA, RTP.
Prima proiezione (versione di 58'): Festival di Locarno, 14 agosto 1993.
Prima proiezione (versione di 76'): Lisbona, Cinemateca Portuguesa, 14 ottobre 1993.
Director of photography: Elso Roque.
Aiuto regia: Julia Buisel.
Editor: Victor Moreira.
Sound: Gita Cerveira (presa diretta), João Gaspar.
Music: Paulo Brandão.
Partecipazioni: Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Isabel de Oliveira, Paulo Rocha, João Bénard da Costa, Leonor Silveira.
Director of Production: Manuel Guanilho.
Production company: Suma Filmes per AMIP, La Sept, INA, RTP.
Prima proiezione (versione di 58'): Festival di Locarno, 14 agosto 1993.
Prima proiezione (versione di 76'): Lisbona, Cinemateca Portuguesa, 14 ottobre 1993.