A Portuguese Farewell
OT: Um Adeus Português
João Botelho | Portugal, 1985
Fiction Feature | FF2008
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Story
Portuguese-Africa 1973: a small troop of soldiers marches through the jungle at night. A mine explodes, shots ring out, one dead. After 500 years, Portugal has lost Africa, and parents have lost their beloved son. Portugal 1985: an old couple visit their son’s widow in Lisbon. They fail in their grief, without tears, without words. Images of modern Portugal are interspersed with scenes from the absurd overseas war. A film about how the end of colonialism was received by the people of Portugal.
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Um Adeus Português
Fiction Feature
Portuguese
Portugal Deluxe | FF2008
Portugal
1985
85 min
OV
João Botelho
João Botelho, Leonor Pinhao
Ruy Furtado, Isabel de Castro, Maria Cabral, Fernando Heitor
Manuel Guanilho
Acácio de Almeida
Richard King
Olivier Messiaen
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