A feature film with four stories to celebrate the city of Guimarães (North of Portugal). Four chapters directed by film masters: from Kaurismaki to Erice, together with two totemic Portuguese filmmakers, Costa and Oliveira, made a personal draw based in the force of memory for a special occasion, the nomination of Guimarães as European Culture Capital in 2012.
Finnish auteur Kaurismäki kicks off with “Tavern Man”, a deadpan comedy about a speechless bar owner. A sweet aperitif for the following chapters. Pedro Costa’s episode, “Sweet Exorcism” is a sort of re-visiting of 1974 revolution, with a long odd dialogue into a suspended elevator: a peculiar ghost story with Dantesque basis. The Basque Victor Erice makes a moving contribution with a documentary “Broken Windows”, about veteran workers of an old, now abandoned, textile factory. Short and funny, the more than centenary Manuel de Oliveira closes with a snarky joke: “The Conqueror conquered” is a wry satire about undiscerning modern crowd: contemporary tourism. Just a suitable ending for this thought provoking collective film.
Few cities had the opportunity of being depicted by such heavy weights of European cinema. Not only for fans, thought being a work for the Cultural capital status it’s hard to find an omnibus film this coherence, gathering different styles and tones, a fairly consistent ensemble with all the directors reflecting around the same topic: memory and working class.
Javier Garcia Puerto / PÖFF
Portugal 2013
Historic Centre
Centro Histórico
MS12
Genre
Drama
Director
Aki Kaurismäki, Manoel de Oliveira, Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice
Run time
1h 30min
Cast
Judith Araujo, Marco Career, Ilkka Koivula, Kristine Strautane
Genre
Drama
Director
Aki Kaurismäki, Manoel de Oliveira, Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice
Run time
1h 30min
Cast
Judith Araujo, Marco Career, Ilkka Koivula, Kristine Strautane
A feature film with four stories to celebrate the city of Guimarães (North of Portugal). Four chapters directed by film masters: from Kaurismaki to Erice, together with two totemic Portuguese filmmakers, Costa and Oliveira, made a personal draw based in the force of memory for a special occasion, the nomination of Guimarães as European Culture Capital in 2012.
Finnish auteur Kaurismäki kicks off with “Tavern Man”, a deadpan comedy about a speechless bar owner. A sweet aperitif for the following chapters. Pedro Costa’s episode, “Sweet Exorcism” is a sort of re-visiting of 1974 revolution, with a long odd dialogue into a suspended elevator: a peculiar ghost story with Dantesque basis. The Basque Victor Erice makes a moving contribution with a documentary “Broken Windows”, about veteran workers of an old, now abandoned, textile factory. Short and funny, the more than centenary Manuel de Oliveira closes with a snarky joke: “The Conqueror conquered” is a wry satire about undiscerning modern crowd: contemporary tourism. Just a suitable ending for this thought provoking collective film.
Few cities had the opportunity of being depicted by such heavy weights of European cinema. Not only for fans, thought being a work for the Cultural capital status it’s hard to find an omnibus film this coherence, gathering different styles and tones, a fairly consistent ensemble with all the directors reflecting around the same topic: memory and working class.
Javier Garcia Puerto / PÖFF
Portugal 2013
Finnish auteur Kaurismäki kicks off with “Tavern Man”, a deadpan comedy about a speechless bar owner. A sweet aperitif for the following chapters. Pedro Costa’s episode, “Sweet Exorcism” is a sort of re-visiting of 1974 revolution, with a long odd dialogue into a suspended elevator: a peculiar ghost story with Dantesque basis. The Basque Victor Erice makes a moving contribution with a documentary “Broken Windows”, about veteran workers of an old, now abandoned, textile factory. Short and funny, the more than centenary Manuel de Oliveira closes with a snarky joke: “The Conqueror conquered” is a wry satire about undiscerning modern crowd: contemporary tourism. Just a suitable ending for this thought provoking collective film.
Few cities had the opportunity of being depicted by such heavy weights of European cinema. Not only for fans, thought being a work for the Cultural capital status it’s hard to find an omnibus film this coherence, gathering different styles and tones, a fairly consistent ensemble with all the directors reflecting around the same topic: memory and working class.
Javier Garcia Puerto / PÖFF
Portugal 2013
Info
Rating
Under 12 Not Recommended
Production year
2013
Global distributor
-
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/17/2013