A Religiosa Portuguesa
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | A Religiosa Portuguesa, La Religieuse Portuguaise |
| Country of production | Portugal , France |
| original language | Portuguese , French |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 122 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eugène Green |
| script | Eugène Green |
| production |
Sandro Aguilar Luís Urbano |
| music |
Júlio de Sousa João Fezas Vital ; Fados by Aldina Duarte and Camané |
| camera | Raphael O'Byrne |
| cut | Valérie Loiseleux |
| occupation | |
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A Religiosa Portuguesa (French: La Religieuse Portuguaise, English: The Portuguese Nun) is a Portuguese - French feature film from 2009 .
action
A French director filmed the romance of a nun with a French officer in Lisbon in the 17th century. The main actress Julie strolls through the streets of the still unknown city where her mother was born on her non-filming days and visits fado bars and discos at night. She is impressed by a nun who prays every night in the chapel Nossa Senhora do Monte, near her hotel in the Graça district , one of the hills of Lisbon. The acquaintance of the little boy Vasco, the encounters with the cultivated Mr. Henrique Cunha, and the encounters with a decrepit young man whom she names after the mystical King D.Sebastião all cause various lasting impressions on Julie.
reception
The plot alludes in part to the romance of the Portuguese nun Soror Mariana Alcoforado with a French officer in the 17th century. The subject was filmed as early as 1977 under the title “ Love letters from a Portuguese nun ” as an erotic film of the Nunsploitation genre.
The film premiered in France on November 11, 2009 and was released on DVD in England and France in 2012 .
In 2009 the film was nominated for a Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and in 2011 in Portugal for a Globo de Ouro .
The calm, airy, loosely staged film impresses with its atmospheric shots, both with wide views over Lisbon, which is sometimes illuminated at night and sometimes flooded with sunlight, as well as numerous scenes in the alleys of the old quarters or the historic tram. Quiet humor is also present again and again in this poetic film, for example when the director Manuel Mozos plays the hotel porter, who shows himself incomprehensible to the “cinema for intellectuals”. The critics recognized some parallels to the work of the oldest director in the world, Manoel de Oliveira , such as the slightly distant sentences that the actors speak while looking into the camera, and which only become a dialogue through a counter-cut.
Press reviews:
“ Green captures - with passionate attention to light and shadow, to faces and voices, and to the electric thrill of the touch - the mystic union of life and art, and honors the majesty of the actress, who breaks through boundaries in both realms. ”(German:“ With passionate attention to light and shadow, to faces and voices, and to the electrical tension of touch, Green captures the mysterious union of life and art, honoring the dignity of the leading actress, the boundaries between both areas breaks through. ”) Richard Brody, The New Yorker
“ Elegant, eccentric and absolutely captivating… one of the best films of the year. "(German:" Elegant, eccentric and absolutely fascinating ... one of the best films of the year. ") Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“ This is exquisite cinema. ”(German:“ This is wonderful cinema. ”) Sukhdev Sandhu, The Telegraph
“ Radiant, perplexing and distinctive. ”(German:“ Luminous, amazing and striking. ”) David Jenkins, Time Out Magazine
See also
Web links
- A Religiosa Portuguesa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official trailer on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ A Religiosa Portuguesa ( Memento of the original from October 19, 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. at www.cinema.sapo.pt, accessed October 14, 2013
- ↑ The Portuguese Nun ( memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the rental site, accessed on October 21, 2013
- ^ German-language review on artechock.de, accessed on October 21, 2013
- ↑ Press quotes on the distributor's film website ( memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 21, 2013
