JOSÉ E PILAR
Portugal/Spain/Brazil/Finland/Sweden
2010
128 minutes
A documentary about the late Portuguese Nobel-winning writer José Saramago and his Spanish wife and assistant Pilar del Río, during the two years of preparation of his penultimate novel. Surprisingly intimate documentary that elegantly uncovers both the personal side of a writer usually perceived as aloof and the strength of his marriage.
Directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes; director of photography (colour), Daniel Neves; film editor, Cláudia Rita Oliveira.
A Jumpcut/El Deseo/O2 Filmes presentation of a Jumpcut production in co-production with El Deseo and O2 Filmes; with the support of Ministério da Cultura—Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual and ANCINE; in partnership with SIC; in association with YLE Teema; with the participation of Sveriges Television. (Portuguese distributor, Jumpcut.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, São Jorge 1 (Lisbon), November 12th 2010.
2010
128 minutes
A documentary about the late Portuguese Nobel-winning writer José Saramago and his Spanish wife and assistant Pilar del Río, during the two years of preparation of his penultimate novel. Surprisingly intimate documentary that elegantly uncovers both the personal side of a writer usually perceived as aloof and the strength of his marriage.
Directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes; director of photography (colour), Daniel Neves; film editor, Cláudia Rita Oliveira.
A Jumpcut/El Deseo/O2 Filmes presentation of a Jumpcut production in co-production with El Deseo and O2 Filmes; with the support of Ministério da Cultura—Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual and ANCINE; in partnership with SIC; in association with YLE Teema; with the participation of Sveriges Television. (Portuguese distributor, Jumpcut.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, São Jorge 1 (Lisbon), November 12th 2010.
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