Stop, Listen, Look ( Páre, Escute, Olhe ) ( Stop Listen Look )

Stop, Listen, Look (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Páre, Escute, Olhe
Alternate Title: Stop Listen Look
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Jorge Pelicano

Written By:
Jorge Pelicano

Actors:
Abílio Ovilheiro ..... Himself
Pedro Couteiro ..... Himself
Acácio Amaral ..... Himself
Pedro Fernandes ..... Himself
Rosa Silva ..... Herself

Synopsis:

December of 1991. A political decision closes half of a centenary railroad in Tua, between Braganca and Mirandela. This sentence has impeded the road to development and has increased the differences between the Portuguese coastline and the Interior, thus transforming Portugal into the most centralized country of Western Europe. The elders resist and live in the deserted villages, without any children. The lack of working opportunities and life in the countryside makes the younger ones in the villages to go out and look for better opportunities in other places. Now, the construction of a dam is threatening the train that still chugs among parts of the beautiful valley of Tua and is considered to be one of the top three most beautiful railroads in Europe.

Directed by Jorge Pelicano, the film portrays the story of a village left to decay and rot by politicians who neglect the countryside and inhabitants of the Tua Valley in Northern Portugal. The documentary shows how the Portuguese political elite build a dam and destroy the railway that connects the inhabitants of Tua Valley with the world. In the name of progress, the dam supposedly provides clean energy, but many experts argue the more sensible option would be for Portugal to reduce the amount of energy it consumes.

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