Carnations for freedom
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Carnations for freedom |
| Original title | Capitães de Abril |
| Country of production | Portugal , France , Italy , Spain |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 123 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Maria de Medeiros |
| script | Maria de Medeiros |
| production | Jacques Bidou |
| music |
António Victorino de Almeida Madredeus |
| camera | Michel Abramowicz |
| cut | Jacques Witta |
| occupation | |
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Carnations for Freedom (Original title: Capitães de Abril ) is a Portuguese film from 2000, which is set at the time of the Carnation Revolution in 1974.
action
When the forbidden song Grândola, Vila Morena rang out on the radio on the night of April 25, 1974 , it was the identification mark for those sections of the army prepared for the coup to intervene. The coup took its course and ended the regime of the Estado Novo and indirectly the Portuguese colonial war . The film tells the bloodless "revolution of the captains ( capitães )" in various converging narrative strands by accompanying the decisive personalities as well as ordinary people and intellectuals.
reception
The film is the first feature film that clearly depicts the Carnation Revolution. It is the directorial debut of Maria de Medeiros , who also embodies one of the main roles. It brings the circumstances of the coup closer by showing historical events and skillfully combining them with fictional stories. The film doesn't go too much into historical details or the social and political derivation of the events. It retains the narrative momentum and the accessibility for an audience used to entertainment films. The critics praised the film for the fluid interweaving of the various narrative strands, the camera and the successful atmosphere. The performances of the actors were praised as well as the film music, which was composed by Medeiros' father António Victorino de Almeida and whose main theme was performed by the Madredeus group .
The film won several awards; as one of the ten most watched Portuguese films between 1980 and 2001, it was an audience hit.
“The impressive debut film by the actress Maria de Madeiros focuses on the first 24 hours after the start of the coup and reflects the development using three exemplary people, with a memorial to the forgotten heroes of the revolution. Convincing actors and historical accuracy contribute to the success of the film, which is a little too long. "
Web links
- Captains of April in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Movie trailer on YouTube
- Review of the Cannes Film Festival , Un Certain Regard (English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Murtinheira, I. Metzeltin: History of the Portuguese cinema. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, page 154.
- ↑ phoenixcinema.wordpress.com
- ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do Cinema Português 1989-2003. Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, page 118.
- ↑ cinemaportugues.net ( Memento of the original dated May 2, 2012 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.
- ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do Cinema Português 1989-2003. Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, page 117.
- ↑ Carnations for Freedom. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
