Arquitectura de peso
On the absurdities of a country riddled with economic crisis trying to look powerful and important by way of architectural grand-standing.
23'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
A noir documentary on architect Cassiano Branco, or 'Where has the promise of
Modernism gone, and what could have happened to Lisbon?' Some particularly disquieting hints are given by one of Cassiano’s strangest projects – the
miniature park Portugal dos Pequenitos – a gingerbread house version of the
nation’s typical and memorable landscape.
IFFR 2019
- 26'
- Portugal
- 1991
- Director
- Edgar Pêra
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 1991
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 26'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- The City of Cassiano
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Catarina Santos
- Production Company
- Núcleo Cineastas Independentes
- Sales
- Edgar Pêra
- Screenplay
- Henrique Cayatte, Edgar Pêra
- Cinematography
- Laurent Simões, Alvaro Rosado
- Editor
- Edgar Pêra
- Music
- Tiago Lopes
Also in this combined programme
Lisboa-boa 345 D.T. (Remix 2019)
Will Lissabon be a Garden of Earthly Delights 81 years from now? This revised version of Pêra’s animation classic provides unexpected (in)sights.
9'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Reproduta interdita
When nurse Penelope Kruxis meets a nameless, teleporting mutant in the ruins of burnt-down Chiado, outrageous things are destined to happen.
8'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Edgar Pêra
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 1991
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 26'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- The City of Cassiano
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Catarina Santos
- Production Company
- Núcleo Cineastas Independentes
- Sales
- Edgar Pêra
- Screenplay
- Henrique Cayatte, Edgar Pêra
- Cinematography
- Laurent Simões, Alvaro Rosado
- Editor
- Edgar Pêra
- Music
- Tiago Lopes
Programme IFFR 2019
Edgar Pêra
An overdue tribute to one of world cinema's most unpredictable voices: Edgar Pêra, sound-image philosopher, performer, natural born rebel, eternal modernist, political satirist extraordinaire.
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What has happened to the Carnation Revolution’s dreams and aspirations? Does cinema have the answer – and will we like it?
16'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Arquitectura de peso
On the absurdities of a country riddled with economic crisis trying to look powerful and important by way of architectural grand-standing.
23'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
The Baron
A Dracula-esque nobleman reigns with terror over his fiefdom's commoners. Horror meets musical comedy. Disquieting political allegory.
91'
Portugal
IFFR 2019