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O Mal-Amado

1974 · 100 min

A slow, melancholic character study of a young man drifting through Lisbon, feeling out of place and longing for connection.

Overview
The Soares are a bourgeois couple, living in a good neighbourhood of Lisbon, but João, their son, is not integrating well in that pattern. He attends more political meetings than classes at the Faculty of Economy, and gets a job but that's short lived because his female boss makes him her lover. He longs for the coffee shops, and the companions of old, but he doesn't get true love from anyone.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • class
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Fernando Matos Silva
Written by
Álvaro Guerra, Fernando Matos Silva, João Matos Silva
Starring
João Mota, Maria do Céu Guerra, Zita Duarte, Fernando Gusmão, Helena Felix, António Beringela, Maria do Rosário Bettencourt, João Matos Silva
Cinematography
Manuel Costa e Silva
Runtime
100 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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