Volta à Terra

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Movie
Original title Volta à Terra
Country of production Portugal
original language Portuguese
Publishing year 2015
length 68 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director João Pedro Plácido
script João Pedro Plácido,
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
production Luís Urbano ,
Sandro Aguilar
music Nicolas Rabaeus
camera João Pedro Plácido
cut Pedro Marques
occupation
  • Daniel Xavier Pereira
  • Antonio Guimarães
  • Daniela Barroso
  • other residents of the village of Uz

Volta à Terra ( Portuguese for, return to the (home) Earth ') is a documentary of the Portuguese director João Pedro Plácido from the year 2015 . Internationally, the work bears the title (Be) Longing .

action

Using the young cattle herder Daniel, the film shows life through the four seasons in rural Uz , a small town in the northern Portuguese community of Vilar de Cunhas .

The village, marked by emigration, is suffering from its dwindling and aging population, and modern life meets traditional traditions. The downfall of the previous lifestyle is sealed.

The simple life, characterized by hard work, contrasts with the soul life of the young Daniel, which on the one hand harmonizes with country life, on the other hand is shaped by longings. At the village festival, Daniel meets Daniela, who messes up his emotional world.

In addition, other people and their different views and feelings are shown, in particular the returning emigrant António.

reception

The film was first shown at the Doclisboa Film Festival on October 17, 2014 and had its cinema premiere in Portugal on July 9, 2015.

The work has screened at a number of international film festivals where it has won several awards, including Doclisboa 2014, Trento Film Festival 2015, the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival 2015 and two prizes at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival 2015.

In 2016 the film was released on DVD in Portugal by Alambique Filmverleih as part of the Série Ípsilon , a series of Portuguese documentaries published by the cultural supplement Ípsilon of the Público newspaper .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cover of the DVD Volta à Terra , Alambique, Lisbon 2016
  2. ↑ a b Website for the film Volta à Terra at the production company O Som ea Fúria (English and Portuguese), accessed on April 6, 2017
  3. ↑ Prizes won for the film Volta à Terra in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on April 6, 2017