Robert Kramer Work (Volume 08) ( Doc's Kingdom / Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal )

Robert Kramer Work (Volume 08) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Doc's Kingdom / Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
189 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1977-1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Kramer
Philip J. Spinelli

Written By:
Robert Kramer

Actors:
Paul McIsaac ..... James Matter aka Doc
Vincent Gallo ..... Jimmy Matter
Ruy Furtado ..... Senor Ruy - the old sailor
Roslyn Payn ..... Rozzie
João César Monteiro ..... Cesar
Philip J. Spinelli ..... Narrator

Synopsis:

Doc's Kingdom: Doc lives on the edge of Europe where it imperceptibly slides over into the Third World. As a doctor, he knows that the illness he has contracted ten years before in war-torn Africa is getting worse. The diagnosis is cholera, but Doc Knows the disease's real name: despair. His thoughts about his failed struggle for justice and ideals are drowned regularly in alcohol. On the other side of the world lives Jimmy, a speed-loving motorbike freak who, when his mother dies, finds a letter from Doc and discovers that his father, whom he thought was dead, is still alive. The encounter of the two men leads to a reappraisal of two worlds in opposition. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal: Combining newsreel footage, still photographs, interviews, and analytical narration, this documentary focuses on the antifascist, anti-imperialist efforts of labor groups, peasants, and working-class soldiers to liberate Portugal from the control of the government of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 17 March, 2024.