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Doomed Love

1979 · 260 min

A long, solemn, literary romance that unfolds with patient formality, asking you to sit with its sadness and its beauty.

Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp

Overview: A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, class, family, fate
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
class
family
fate
grief
Places: single country house
countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

Cast

António Sequeira LopesSimão Botelho
Cristina HauserTeresa de Albuquerque
Elsa WallencampMariana
António CostaJoão da Cruz
Henrique VianaTadeu Albuquerque
Ruy FurtadoDomingos Botelho
Ricardo PaisBaltasar Coutinho
Maria BarrosoAbadessa de Monchique
Adelaide JoãoMadre Prioresa
Lia GamaFreira
Manuela de FreitasFreira
Manoel de OliveiraNarrator (voice)
Henrique Espírito SantoBispo
João César MonteiroDegredado
João Bénard da CostaComandante do Navio

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira
Written by: Manoel de Oliveira
Starring: António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp, António Costa, Henrique Viana, Ruy Furtado, Ricardo Pais, Maria Barroso
Music: João Paes
Cinematography: Manuel Costa e Silva
Runtime: 260 min
Country: Portugal
Languages: Portuguese

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