O ÚLTIMO VÔO DO FLAMINGO
Portugal/Mozambique/Spain/France/Brazil/Italy
2010
87 minutes
In 1994, a United Nations major investigates the mysterious deaths of UN soldiers in the remote Mozambican village of Tizagara. Clumsy attempt at a magical realist thriller that looks good but is so awkwardly handled, structured and performed that it would hardly pass muster as a TV movie. Good intentions alone do not atone.
A Fado Filmes presentation/production, in co-production with Slate One Produções, Potenza Producciones, Neon Productions, Videofilmes, Carlo d'Ursi Produzioni, TIM; with the support of MEDIA Programme of the European Community, ACPFilms.eu, Fonds Européen de Développement, Groupe des États ACP, Eurimages, Ibermedia Programme, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur, Ancine; a Cinemate co-production; associate production, Papaia Produções, Cinemate Moçambique, Kissama Produções. (Portuguese distributor, Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais.)
Starring Carlo d'Ursi, Elliot Alex, Alberto Magassela, Cláudia Semedo, Adriana Alves, Cândida Bila, Matias Xavier, Gilberto Mendes, Mário Mabjaia, Eduardo Gravata.
Directed by João Ribeiro; produced by Luís Galvão Teles, Mr. Ribeiro, Mr. D'Ursi, Antonin Dedet, Mauricio Andrade Ramos; screenplay by Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Mr. Ribeiro, based on the novel by Mia Couto, The Last Flight of the Flamingo; music by Omar Sosa; director of photography (Eclair), José António Loureiro; art director, João Martins; costume designers, Louiggi Junior, Sílvia Siopa; film editors, Orlando Mesquita, Vanessa Pimentel.
Screened: producer advance DVD screener, Lisbon, August 29th 2010.
2010
87 minutes
In 1994, a United Nations major investigates the mysterious deaths of UN soldiers in the remote Mozambican village of Tizagara. Clumsy attempt at a magical realist thriller that looks good but is so awkwardly handled, structured and performed that it would hardly pass muster as a TV movie. Good intentions alone do not atone.
A Fado Filmes presentation/production, in co-production with Slate One Produções, Potenza Producciones, Neon Productions, Videofilmes, Carlo d'Ursi Produzioni, TIM; with the support of MEDIA Programme of the European Community, ACPFilms.eu, Fonds Européen de Développement, Groupe des États ACP, Eurimages, Ibermedia Programme, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur, Ancine; a Cinemate co-production; associate production, Papaia Produções, Cinemate Moçambique, Kissama Produções. (Portuguese distributor, Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais.)
Starring Carlo d'Ursi, Elliot Alex, Alberto Magassela, Cláudia Semedo, Adriana Alves, Cândida Bila, Matias Xavier, Gilberto Mendes, Mário Mabjaia, Eduardo Gravata.
Directed by João Ribeiro; produced by Luís Galvão Teles, Mr. Ribeiro, Mr. D'Ursi, Antonin Dedet, Mauricio Andrade Ramos; screenplay by Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Mr. Ribeiro, based on the novel by Mia Couto, The Last Flight of the Flamingo; music by Omar Sosa; director of photography (Eclair), José António Loureiro; art director, João Martins; costume designers, Louiggi Junior, Sílvia Siopa; film editors, Orlando Mesquita, Vanessa Pimentel.
Screened: producer advance DVD screener, Lisbon, August 29th 2010.
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