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A Portuguese Farewell

1986 · 85 min

A quiet, mournful film that drifts between memory and aftermath, asking patience as it weighs what war leaves behind.

Directed by
João Botelho
Genres
Drama
Overview
In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family meets in peace.

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Directed by
João Botelho
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • grief
  • war
  • family
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
João Botelho
Written by
João Botelho, Leonor Pinhão
Starring
Maria Cabral, Isabel de Castro, Fernando Heitor, Ruy Furtado, Cristina Hauser, João Perry, Henrique Viana, Diogo Dória
Cinematography
Acácio de Almeida
Runtime
85 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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