Douro, Faina Fluvial (1931)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Manoel de Oliveira

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 septiembre 1931 (Portugal)

Género:

Documental | Corto

Plot:

A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Oporto. |

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The story of a working town.

También conocida como:

Labor on the Douro River (International: English title)
Working on the Douro River (International: English title)

Duración:

Canada:18 min

País:

Portugal

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Silent

Locaciones de Filmación:

Porto, Portugal

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Porto da Minha Infância (2001)

The story of a working town.

Oliveira's first film, shot around the harbour in Oporto, Portugal, is an avant-garde series of images of the fishermen and assorted workers of the town. Although there are obvious influences from other 'art' films of the time, it isn't simply a montage of unrelated images, but a vision of a working town, even with so much as a narrative thread running through. The version I have seen (at the London Film Festival 2001) was overseen by the director himself with a new score by Emmanuel Nunes. It is a pounding, vibrant 18 minutes, despite it's limitations.