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Ma Femme Chamada Bicho

1978 · 80 min

A quiet, contemplative drift through places and memories, like leafing slowly through an artist's private album.

Directed by
José Álvaro Morais
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Arpad Szenes, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos
Overview
The film documents the places where the Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), and Hungarian Arpad Szenes were born, met, and lived together, painting, and living to each other.

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Directed by
José Álvaro Morais
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Arpad Szenes, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • love
  • memory
  • identity
  • aging
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance4
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
José Álvaro Morais
Starring
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Arpad Szenes, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Cinematography
António Escudeiro
Runtime
80 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
French, Portuguese

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