O Costa do Castelo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | O Costa do Castelo |
| Country of production | Portugal |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 135 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Artur Duarte |
| script | João Bastos |
| production |
António de Jesus Marques António César dos Santos |
| music | Jaime Mendes |
| camera | Aquilino Mendes |
| cut | Jacques Saint-Léonard |
| occupation | |
| |
O Costa do Castelo (English: The Costa from the Castelo district) is a Portuguese comedy film from 1943.
action
Daniel, who comes from a wealthy family, pretends to be a simple chauffeur and sublet a room so that he can be close to Luisinha, who also lives there. The carefree fun-loving Simplícito Costa, who navigates all adversities with cunning, also lives there to sublet, and ensures a turbulent and entertaining daily routine in the village-like district. This is located on the slope below the Castelo de São Jorge , in the middle of Lisbon .
When Daniel's true identity emerges, the lives of everyone involved take a surprising turn.
reception
The film, designed as a carefree comedy, is still one of the most popular representatives of Portuguese cinema of the 1940s. In particular, the popular António Silva and the young Milú , popular figures and ideal of beauty of their time, attracted a large audience. The emphasis on typically Portuguese motifs in the scenery and songs, along with a number of comical scenes and dialogues, made the film a success. Some of the songs mostly sung by Milú in the film became popular hits in Portugal, such as Minha Casinha , which the band Xutos & Pontapés made their breakthrough in 1987.
The film was shown several times on the public television service RTP and, after restoration by the Cinemateca Portuguesa , was re-released several times by Lusomundo, first as a VHS cassette, and in 2002 as a DVD .
Web links
- O Costa do Castelo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.amordeperdicao.pt ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2013 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 21, 2012
- ^ Alcides Murtinheira / Igor Metzeltin: History of the Portuguese cinema. 1st edition, Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, page 56ff ( ISBN 978-3-7069-0590-9 )
