Masks

Overview

The film sought to portray a relatively unknown and isolated rural world and, through a highly politicized discourse, affirmed the genuineness of “folk culture.” Representative of the new documentary film movement that developed in Portugal after the revolution, the movie encouraged the local retrieval of the Caretos tradition. A ritual that seemed to be doomed by the conjoined impact of emigration, the colonial war and the crisis of agriculture was thus brought back to life. - Paulo Raposo

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 14, 1976

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Portugal

Production

Centro Português de Cinema (CPC),Cor Laboratórios

Cast

Alexandre O'Neill

Director

Noémia Delgado

Writer

Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira,Benjamim Pereira

Producer

Noémia Delgado

Cinematography

Acácio de Almeida,José Reynès

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0074946