Belarmino

Thu 22.09.
17:00

Director
Fernando Lopes
Portugal / 1964
74 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles
Original language
Portuguese
Cinema
Arsenal 1
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Introduction: João Antunes

This cinematic portrait follows former boxing star Belarmino Fragoso, as he goes about his daily business in a Lisbon that no longer exists. Solitude, fear, and defeat intersect in a film that juggles documentary, drama, and interviews as it moves through old cinema lobbies and night clubs. This first feature-length work by Fernando Lopes, with a moody jazz score by Manuel Jorge Veloso, and radiant cinematography by Augusto Cabrita, is one of the iconic films of Portuguese Cinema Novo – New Wave.