Mário Barroso

  • Manoel de Oliveira – O Dia do Desespero AKA The Day of Despair (1992)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaManoel de OliveiraPortugal

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    In 1992 Oliveira made O Dia do Desespero, which deals with the last days and suicide of Romantic novelist Camilo Castelo Branco and is based largely on the writer’s letters. Most of it was filmed in the house where Castelo Branco in fact committed suicide. The film opens, midway through the credits, with a 50-second static shot of a pen-and-ink portrait of the writer. Other portraits, always shot with a static camera, punctuate the film’s narrative, lending it a documentary tone from the outset.Read More »

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