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Sunday Afternoon

1966 · 90 min

A quiet, sombre chamber piece that lingers on mortality and love with a heavy, contemplative stillness.

Overview
Reflections on life and death unfold through the eyes of Jorge, the head doctor of the Haematology Department, whose world is plunged into despair when he falls in love with Clarisse, a woman suffering from advanced leukemia.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • death
    • love
    • grief
    • isolation
    • morality
    Places
    • hospital
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    António de Macedo
    Written by
    António de Macedo, Fernando Namora
    Starring
    Ruy de Carvalho, Isabel de Castro, Isabel Ruth, Fernanda Borsatti, Miguel Franco, Cremilda Gil, Zita Duarte, Serge Farkas
    Cinematography
    Elso Roque
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese

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