Rite of Spring (film)

This article is about the 1963 Portuguese film. For the 2011 American film, see Rites of Spring (film).
Rite of Spring
Directed byManoel de Oliveira
Written by
  • Manoel de Oliveira
  • Francisco Vaz De Guimaraes
Produced byManoel de Oliveira
Starring
  • Nicolau Nunes Da Silva
  • Ermelinda Pires
  • Maria Madalena
  • Amélia Chaves
  • Luis De Sousa
  • Francisco Luís
CinematographyManoel de Oliveira
Edited byManoel de Oliveira
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

Rite of Spring (Portuguese: Acto da Primavera) is a 1963 Portuguese docudrama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira, his second feature, and co-written by Francisco Vaz De Guimaraes.

Poet and director António Reis served as assistant director, and his influence can be felt deeply throughout. The film was included in the 2012 program The School of Reis.[1]

Synopsis

The inhabitants of Curalha, a small village in western Portugal, perform the Passion of Jesus every year according to text from about the 16th century, a tradition upon which Oliveira stumbled during the production of a film in 1963. The film is also remembered for "a furious apocalyptic montage that links Christ's death to the violence and lunacy of the Vietnam era".[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rite of Spring at The School of Reis official page at the Harvard Film Archive website". ves.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  2. ^ March 15 - 29 Manoel de Oliveira, or Cinema, the Art of Enigma, Harvard Film School, 1999, subsection "Rite of Spring"


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