Ala-Arriba!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ala-Arriba! |
| Country of production | Portugal |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 1942 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | José Leitão de Barros |
| script |
Alfredo Cortez Augusto de Santa-Ritta |
| production | Tóbis Portuguesa |
| music | Ruy Coelho |
| camera |
Octavio Bobone Tavares de Fonseca Salazar Dinis |
| cut | Jacques Saint-Léonard |
| occupation | |
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Ala-Arriba! is a Portuguese drama from 1942.
action
The film takes place in the fishing environment of Póvoa de Varzim , in northern Portugal. The film title goes back to the Ala-Arriba - called act of pulling the boat ashore by human power.
It tells the dramatic story of the love of a young fisherman for the daughter of a rival fishing family. The life of the fishermen, which is marked by human abysses, is shown in view of the existential dependence on the threatening sea. Their fateful relationship with the ocean and their sometimes grave psychological and material needs determine the close cooperation in the village community.
reception
The film was semi-documentary and, apart from the two main actors, only shot with local fishermen as amateur actors. The striking facial contours of the fishermen, effectively staged in the contrasting light of the black and white film, are an essential feature of the work and reinforce its archaic authenticity. In addition to telling a dramatic love and family story, it is a documentation of the fishermen's reality, shown here in Póvoa de Varzim as an example.
The film is considered to be the first Portuguese film to win an award abroad. In 1942 he was awarded the Coppa Mussolini , the main prize at the Venice International Film Festival at the time, which was awarded for the last time that year.
Ala-Arriba! was released on DVD by Lusomundo in 2003, with additional short films and newsreels by the director Leitão de Barros , thematically matching the Fischer subject, as bonus material.
Web links
- Ala-Arriba! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Opening credits of the film on YouTube
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.amordeperdicao.pt ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ www.imdb.com , accessed September 20, 2012
