Lines of Wellington (2012) ( Linhas de Wellington )

Lines of Wellington (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Linhas de Wellington
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
151 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Valeria Sarmiento

Written By:
Carlos Saboga

Actors:
Nuno Lopes ..... Sargento Francisco Xavier
Soraia Chaves ..... Martírio
Marisa Paredes ..... D. Filipa Sanches
John Malkovich ..... Duke of Wellington
Carloto Cotta ..... Tenente Pedro de Alencar
Victoria Guerra ..... Clarissa
Marcello Urgeghe ..... Major Jonathan Foster
Jemima West ..... Maureen
Afonso Pimentel ..... Zé Maria
Miguel Borges ..... Manuel Penabranca
Mathieu Amalric ..... Barão Marbot
Melvil Poupaud ..... Marechal Massena
Filipe Vargas ..... Vicente de Almeida
Adriano Luz ..... Bordalo
João Arrais ..... Idiot
Elsa Zylberstein ..... Irmã Cordélia
Vincent Perez ..... Lévêque
Albano Jerónimo ..... Abade
Joana de Verona ..... Brites
Gonçalo Waddington ..... Zanaga / Espião
Catherine Deneuve ..... Severina
Isabelle Huppert ..... Cosima Pia
Michel Piccoli ..... Leópold Scheitzer
Chiara Mastroianni ..... Hussardo
Malik Zidi ..... Octave Ségur
Maria João Bastos ..... Maria de Jesus Almeida
Paulo Pires ..... Alberto
Manuel Wiborg ..... Ti Miguel
José Meireles ..... Camponês
Diogo Dória ..... Velho Camponês
Rita Martins ..... Camponesa
Lucrèce Carmignac ..... Jovem Serviçal
Francis Braddell Dawson ..... Peter Warren
Pedro Ferreira ..... Afonso
João Villas-Boas ..... Cabo Percy
Elmano Sancho ..... SoldadoFrancês
Miguel Monteiro ..... Capitão Saavedra
Dmitry Bogomolov ..... Polaco
Pedro Lacerda ..... Soldado Francês
João Saboga ..... Chefe
Ricardo Aibéo ..... Sentinela
Victor Gonçalves ..... Ajudante
Chris Murphy ..... Soldado Inglês
Diogo Ricardo Dias ..... Vintém
Inês Ferreira ..... Portuguese Soldier
Paulo Fiúza ..... Aguadeira
Sean O'Callaghan
Liliana Leite

Synopsis:

On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from the enemy, numerically superior, in order to attract them to Torres Vedras, where Wellington had built fortified lines hardly surmountable. Simultaneously, the Anglo-Portuguese command organizes the evacuation of the entire territory between the battlefield and the lines of Torres Vedras, a gigantic burned land operation, which prevents the French from collecting supplies. This is the setting for the adventures of a multitude of characters from all social backgrounds - soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, young and old - to the daily routine torn by war and dragged through hills and valleys, between ruined villages, charred forests and devastated crops.Highly persecuted by the French, already tormented by an unmerciful weather, the mass of fugitives continues to move forward clenching the teeth, just to save their skin, loaded with tenacious will to resist the invaders and retreat them from their country. Or even hoping to take advantage of the disarray to satisfy their basic instincts. All of them, whatever nature or motivations - the idealistic young lieutenant Pedro De Alencar, Clarissa Warren, the malicious little English girl, the shady dealer Penabranca, the vindictive Sergeant Francisco Xavier or the lusty prostitute Martírio, all gather by different paths to the lines of Torres, where the final battle will decide the fate of each one of them.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 11 October, 2020.

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