Olhar o Cinema Português: 1896-2006

Olhar o Cinema Português: 1896-2006 (2007)

January 1st, 20070h 55min

Documentary
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Overview

Synthesis of the first 110 years of the history of Portuguese cinema, made almost exclusively with archive material from the series of eight episodes History of Portuguese Cinema, produced by Pedro Efe in 1998, and combining excerpts from films with testimonies from some of the most prominent actors of the same story. It is attempted to relate it chronologically, and in spite of certain gaps, in an accessible, concise and didactic way.


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