Corte de Cabelo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Corte de Cabelo |
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| Country of production | Portugal |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joaquim Sapinho |
| script |
Amândio Coroado Joaquim Sapinho Manuela Viegas |
| production | Amândio Coroado Júlia Domingos |
| camera | Luís Correia |
| cut | Manuela Viegas |
| occupation | |
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Corte de Cabelo (International title: Haircut ) is a 1995 film by the Portuguese director Joaquim Sapinho .
action
Rita and Paulo are two young adults. Rita works in a perfumery in a shopping mall. Her boyfriend Paulo works in film and is in love with her long black hair. The couple lives an intense, often chaotic relationship. They decide to get married, but on the day of the civil ceremony, Rita has a short haircut. The wedding is in jeopardy, and a late night chase follows the two, who rethink their relationship.
reception
Influenced by pop culture , the film caused a sensation in Portugal and made director Joaquim Sapinho known as a beacon of hope for a young Portuguese cinema . It shows a young couple who are sexually and intellectually engaged with each other, trying to orient themselves in the rapidly changing Portugal between tradition and modernity and its engaging consumer society . On their nightly tour of Lisbon they also run into a group of violent and racist skinheads they are fleeing from and they meet a hip hop gang. Both groups are portrayed by authentic amateur actors from the respective youth subculture and reinforce the authenticity and realistic charisma of the 35 mm film, which occasionally shows parallels to the upcoming Dogma 95 film manifesto, for example in its reduced music and lighting, the lack of special effects and scenes of gun violence , and his focus on acting and action, which were staged exclusively in the original locations.
The film premiered at the 48th Locarno Film Festival in 1995 , where it was nominated for a Golden Leopard , and was released on March 1, 1996. It has been shown at numerous international film festivals and has won prizes and awards. a. in Geneva, Chicago, Valencia, and at the Premiers Plans Festival in Angers. He was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Actress at the Globos de Ouro in 1996 .
Corte de Cabelo was released on DVD by Rosa Filmes in Portugal in 2004, on the 10th anniversary of its release , after it had already been released as a VHS cassette by Lusomundo in 1996 .
Web links
- Corte de Cabelo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film on the bilingual publisher's website (under Films / Haircut )
- Portuguese TV report on the film (with English subtitles) on YouTube
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos : Dicionário do Cinema Português 1989-2003. Editorial Caminho , Lisbon 2005, page 164ff ( ISBN 972-21-1763-7 )
- ↑ www.imdb.com , accessed January 25, 2013
- ↑ DVD case, Rosa Filmes 2004