The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.
Camões' Friend
16세기에 활동한 포르투갈의 대표적 작가인 루이스 드 카몽이스의 삶을 그린 영화. 그는 전쟁에서 한 쪽 눈을 잃고, 억울하게 감옥에 갇히고, 거친 항해 도중 사고로 사랑하는 사람을 잃기도 하지만 지치지 않는 열정으로 아름다운 시를 써낸다.
