Vanitas
(Portugal, 2004, 103 min)
The futile top model protegée of an aging fashion designer is forced by circumstances to come into her own as a woman of the world. Intriguing but ultimately incomplete, amateurish melodrama from a director who ought to know better; there’s a strong woman’s picture plot and great performances lost in incomprehensible plotting, inept handling and poor photography (shot on digital video).
An Atalanta Filmes release. A Suma Filmes production in association with RTP, supported by ICAM. Starring Isabel Ruth, Joana Bárcia, Filipe Cochofel, Pedro Miguel Silva, João Pedro Bénard, João Pedro Vaz. Directed and produced by Paulo Rocha; written by Regina Guimarães; music by Carlos Guedes; director of photography, Paulo Abreu; production and costume designers, Manuela Bronze and Acácio Carvalho; film editor, Edgar Feldman.
The futile top model protegée of an aging fashion designer is forced by circumstances to come into her own as a woman of the world. Intriguing but ultimately incomplete, amateurish melodrama from a director who ought to know better; there’s a strong woman’s picture plot and great performances lost in incomprehensible plotting, inept handling and poor photography (shot on digital video).
An Atalanta Filmes release. A Suma Filmes production in association with RTP, supported by ICAM. Starring Isabel Ruth, Joana Bárcia, Filipe Cochofel, Pedro Miguel Silva, João Pedro Bénard, João Pedro Vaz. Directed and produced by Paulo Rocha; written by Regina Guimarães; music by Carlos Guedes; director of photography, Paulo Abreu; production and costume designers, Manuela Bronze and Acácio Carvalho; film editor, Edgar Feldman.
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