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The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir

1976 · 87 min

A slow, sun-baked political fable that drifts between dusty fields and ghost-haunted halls, asking patience and rewarding it with a strange, mournful unease.

Directed by
José Fonseca e Costa
Genres
Drama
Starring
António Beringela, Ana Zanatti, Maria Alice Vergueiro
Overview
Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.

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Directed by
José Fonseca e Costa
Genres
Drama
Starring
António Beringela, Ana Zanatti, Maria Alice Vergueiro
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • class
  • power
  • politics
  • memory
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Augusto Sobral, José Fonseca e Costa
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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