O Barão (2010)
The Baron
M/12
105 min
Realização: · Edgar Pêra
Argumento: · Edgar Pêra · Luísa Costa Gomes
[Stylised as a superior mixture of German Expressionism and American Gothic, this confrontation between an observer and a feudal baron has rightly been described as Kafkaesque. It reveals itself as a remake of a film destroyed in the 1940s by the repressive Portuguese regime.
In Lisbon during WWII, a group of film makers began filming the unmistakeably Kafkaesque novel O Barão (The Baron) by Branquinho da Fonseca. However, the repressive Portuguese regime destroyed all the footage. In The Baron, director Pêra revives the project on the basis of the original script.
A school inspector travels to the baron's fiefdom to write a report on a heathen teacher. Having arrived, he is invited to stay with the baron, who makes predictions about women, horses and politics while the mysterious Idalina serves food and drink. The inspector becomes inextricably entangled in the baron's world.
Pêra uses expressionist studio settings à la James Whale, a musical score reminiscent of Angelo Badalamenti, theatrical make-up, classical shadow play and editing to achieve a superior mix of pre-war Russian cinema, German expressionism, silent movies and American gothic. And at least one dance number.
Fonte: http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/o-bar-o/]
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Argumento: · Edgar Pêra · Luísa Costa Gomes
Direcção de Fotografia: · Luís Branquinho
Montagem: · João Gomes · Tiago Antunes · Edgar Pêra
Música: · Vozes Da Rádio
Produção: · Cinemate
Produtora: · Ana Costa
Realização: · Edgar Pêra
Som: · Tiago Raposinho
Estilizado como uma mistura superior de expressionismo alemão e gótico americano, o confronto entre um observador e um barão feudal foi justamente descrito como Kafkiano. O Barão apresenta-se como remake de um filme destruído nos anos 40 pelo regime salazarista.