Gebo and the Shadow

  • 91'
  • Portugal
  • 2012
This adaptation of Raul Brandão's play from 1923 is about the poor patriarch Gebo who lives with his wife and daughter-in-law. Gebo is advanced in years, but has to carry on working as an accountant in order to maintain his family. The three talk a lot about the fate of the son, João. He ended up in the gutter; that much is known to both Gebo and his daughter-in-law Sofia, but they keep it secret from mother Doroteia, in order to avoid disrupting her ideal picture of her son. That turns out to have major consequences when João returns and moves in with his parents.
Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira, the world’s oldest active filmmaker, once again persuaded great names to take part in his idiosyncratic production, among them Jeanne Moreau, Michael Lonsdale and Claudia Cardinale. With its static camera, use of symbolism and theatrical styling, Gebo and the Shadow is a vintage De Oliveira.

  • 91'
  • Portugal
  • 2012
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Countries of production
Portugal, France
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
91'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Gebo e a sombra
Language
French
Producers
Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Luís Urbano
Production Companies
MACT Productions, O Som e a Fúria
Sales
Pyramide International
Screenplay
Manoel de Oliveira, adopted from the play by Raul Brandão
Cinematography
Renato Berta
Editor
Valérie Loiseleux
Production Design
Christian Marti
Sound Design
Henri Maikoff
Cast
Leonor Silveira, Michael Lonsdale
Website
http://inter.pyramidefilms.com/pyramidefilms-international-catalogue/gebo-and-the-shadow.html
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Countries of production
Portugal, France
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
91'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Gebo e a sombra
Language
French
Producers
Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Luís Urbano
Production Companies
MACT Productions, O Som e a Fúria
Sales
Pyramide International
Screenplay
Manoel de Oliveira, adopted from the play by Raul Brandão
Cinematography
Renato Berta
Editor
Valérie Loiseleux
Production Design
Christian Marti
Sound Design
Henri Maikoff
Cast
Leonor Silveira, Michael Lonsdale
Website
http://inter.pyramidefilms.com/pyramidefilms-international-catalogue/gebo-and-the-shadow.html