João César Monteiro Collection ( Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço / Fragmentos de um Filme-Esmola: A Sagrada Família / Que Farei Eu Com Esta Espada? ) ( Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes / Fragments of an Alms-Film / What Will I Do with This Sword? )

João César Monteiro Collection (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço / Fragmentos de um Filme-Esmola: A Sagrada Família / Que Farei Eu Com Esta Espada?
Alternate Title: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen / He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes / Fragments of an Alms-Film / What Will I Do with This Sword?
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
187 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1969 - 1975 and produced in:
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
João César Monteiro

Written By:
João César Monteiro
Esquilo
James Joyce
Maria Velho da Costa

Actors:
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen ..... Herself
Antónia Brandão ..... Mário
Carlos Ferreiro ..... Pawnbroker
Carlos Porto ..... Lívio
Elsa Figueiredo ..... Extra
Helena Gusmão ..... Mónica
Luís Miguel Cintra
Manuel Gusmão
Paula Ferreira
Jorge Silva Melo
Lídia Franco
Nuno Júdice
João César Monteiro
Manuela de Freitas ..... Maria
João Perry ..... João Lucas
Dalila Rocha ..... The wife
Catarina Coelho ..... Lucas' Daughter
Fernando Soares ..... The Husband
Maria Clementina Monteiro ..... Narrator
José Gabriel
Maria Velho da Costa
José Diogo
Margarida Gil
Carlos Mena

Synopsis:

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1969)
João César Monteiro's very first film, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1969), is the moving salutation from one genius to another that lasts a little longer than 17 minutes.

He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits For Dead Men's Shoes (1970)
The tribulations of two friends who, in despair, start begging from door-to-door, and are given a bundle including, literally, a pair of deadman's shoes.

Fragments of an Alms-Film (1972)
Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and practically lives in bed, in the midst of green plants. His father expressly desired that his son film this eccentric daily life in 8 mm format. Maria's wages are dilapidated to the last penny by this amateur, monstrous, family movie production.

What Will I Do with This Sword? (1975)
The Carnation Revolution is threatened by the interference of certain foreign powers that it sees a danger. In the river Tagus 'hover' the Allied ships NATO , among which stands out the aircraft carrier U.S.

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1969)
I think my film represents above all the proof, to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can't be filmed, that it is useless to try.

An opaque film, as secretive as a helmet-shell. To paraphrase Rimbaud's dictum, one would have to say that le vrai filmest ailleurs (the real film lies elsewhere). It was no such the film but rather its reflection that one sought to record on film. Darkly, as though a mirror. The disclosure of this gaze? The disclosure of the film itself, of course. A transparent film, spread out as a bird in flight. Let us venture another way of auscultating the vague and mysterious motion. All things considered, what's it all about?

Fragments of an Alms-Film (1972)
Maria works as a supervisor in the production division of a German umbrella factory. João Lucas, who turned his back on what is commonly referred to as "the active life", lives literally in bed, surrounded by vegetables. The child, 8 mm camera in hand, record s this somewhat eccentric everyday in compliance with her father's express wishes. One should look upon this setting as operating at the same time as a dwelling place and as a cinema studio, as the lighting sources are more often than not visible, the same ones being used for both films. Maria's earnings are swallowed up the last cent by the mammoth - so called familiar or amateur - cinematic production.

What Will I Do with This Sword? (1975)
This film has its origins in the worker's demonstrations against the Portuguese presence in NATO. It attempts to show, by contrast how it is possible to use a sword against the powerful American squadron.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 January, 2012.

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