Manhã de Santo António
Love-smitten people wander the streets in the waking hours of a day when Lisbon parties in commemoration of its patron saint. Informed by Fernando Pessoa, Rodrigues’s film also deftly recalls the melancholic humour, geometric choreographies and rampant absurdity of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati.
Also in this combined programme
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The Annunciation
The Annunciation represents the moment when an angel appears to Mary to tell her that she has been impregnated by God. At the end something… -
Stoned
In hallucinatory fashion, Stoned brings the temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia to life. Buddhist monks perform their daily rituals. -
Lay Bare
‘It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearance,’ wrote Oscar Wilde. An endless stream of close-ups map the body.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Portugal
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 25'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
