As desventuras du homem-kâmara – Epizohdyus 111, 113 & 115
Let images and sounds like those of Dziga Vertov and Terry Gilliam and Walerian Borowczyk cross-pollinate and grow wondrous AV-flowers.
2'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics? Would an alien life form, confronted with the evidence shown here, be able to say
what war and peace mean to the members of the race we call human?
IFFR 2019
- 17'
- Portugal
- 1992
- Director
- Edgar Pêra
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 1992
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 17'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- War or Peace
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Catarina Santos
- Sales
- Edgar Pêra
- Cinematography
- João Pinto
- Editor
- Edgar Pêra
- Music
- Pedro Bidarra
Also in this combined programme
SWK4
A portrayal of Futurist writer Almada Negreiros without any cultural reservations. Provocative, in defense of lust, debauchery, frenetic daily experience.
33'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
O trabalho liberta?
Since the Nazis infamously proclaimed at Auschwitz I that 'Labour Liberates', work has lost all positive values and notions. What now?
25'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Os túneis da realidade
After the works of artist João Queiroz met the musings of neuro-philosopher Robert Anton Wilson, life will never look the same.
6'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Edgar Pêra
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 1992
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 17'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- War or Peace
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Catarina Santos
- Sales
- Edgar Pêra
- Cinematography
- João Pinto
- Editor
- Edgar Pêra
- Music
- Pedro Bidarra
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