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Portuguese people are connected to the sea. With much of its border bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, it will not be surprising that comes from here a huge slice of our income. The fish canning industry, one of the most emblematic and old Portuguese industries, was again very fashionable, partly because of the musician and singer, founder of the mythical Heróis do Mar and the LX-90, Rui Pregal da Cunha, that opened a restaurant in honour of the national canning industry and fado - Can the Can. Now, Pregal da Cunha, who has always liked to position himself behind the camera, tells us this story. Part of the History of Portugal.
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In a high-security prison in northern Portugal, a fine-cut, poetic portrait of Ernesto and Gaspard, who are waiting for better days.
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Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.
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Crime Blue Abyss Physical Remorse is inspired by the life and works of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. This controversial 20th century painter defied the world avant-garde of his time: “I don’t follow schools. I am an impressionist, cubist, futurist, abstractionist. A melting pot. The real tradition is not to try and relive the past – which is impossible to achieve – but rather something that sets up a follow-through, as happens with parents and children. A child and his father are never alike.” The film follows Amadeo’s motto. It crosses pictorial fiction – suggested by the emblematic picture “The Procession”, painted in Paris in 1913 – with Portuguese contemporary reality.
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Biography of the Portuguese sculptor Rui Chafes, winner of the Pessoa Award in 2016
