Doomed Love ( Um Amor de Perdição ) ( Simão Botelho )

Doomed Love (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Um Amor de Perdição
Alternate Title: Simão Botelho
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
81 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Mário Barroso

Written By:
Carlos Saboga

Actors:
Rafael Morais ..... Manuel Botelho
Tomás Alves ..... Simão Botelho
Willion Brandão ..... Zé Xavier
Catarina Wallenstein ..... Mariana da Cruz
Virgílio Castelo ..... João da Cruz
Ana Moreira ..... Teresa
Ana Padrão ..... Preciosa
Rui Morrison ..... Domingos Botelho
Patrícia Franco ..... Rita Botelho
Manuel Mesquita ..... Baltasar
Alexandra Lopes ..... Bé
Francisco Nascimento ..... Encenador
Carlos Alberto ..... Guarda
Diogo Roque ..... Romeu
Dinarte Branco ..... Contínuo

Synopsis:

Simão, a violent adolescent, unpredictable and solitary, spends his days getting into fights. From a rich and highly eccentric Portuguese family his parents cannot stand one another, his brother Manuel detests him and is incestuously involved with his mother the young drop-out's only confidant is his twelve year old sister Rita, the only person who accepts him and even admires his streak of madness. One day, she shows him a video of a volley-ball match at her school, in which Simão notices Teresa, a mysterious young woman everyone thinks is crazy. He is immediately fascinated, and soon becomes obsessed with her. He follows this shadowy character with blurred features, seeing her only in the shade or through glass. He finds out her address and even obtains her mobile number. As they talk on the phone, Teresa and Simão fall in love. The young man changes. He becomes calmer, rather taciturn, almost ceasing to talk to his sister Rita, and spends his time reading Camilo Castelo Branco's Amor de perdição. Unfortunately, a professional dispute between his father and Teresa's rival lawyers dooms the relationship, giving Simão a whole new set of reasons for rebellion.

A loner, narcissistic and suicidal teenager attracts most of the people he meets like a fatal aura, a black light. He falls deeply in love with Teresa but does she exist or is she a mere figment, an image, a reflection? Teresa is an apparition. A pretext for an amoral violent uprising, for doomed love.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.

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