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The Fault

1980 · 120 min

A quiet, sombre return home weighed down by conscience, unfolding slowly and asking patience as it circles a single night's memory.

Directed by
António Victorino de Almeida
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sinde Filipe, Marília Gama, Mário Viegas
Overview
Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese Colony, year: 1973. An Ex-military returns to his hometown. Bringing back with him a vague sense of guilt due to the killing of two men (a soldier and a native) by his sounding of the alarm during one given night.

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Directed by
António Victorino de Almeida
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sinde Filipe, Marília Gama, Mário Viegas
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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
    • guilt
    • colonialism
    • war
    • memory
    • isolation
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    António Victorino de Almeida
    Written by
    António Victorino de Almeida
    Starring
    Sinde Filipe, Marília Gama, Mário Viegas, Inês de Medeiros, Hugo Casaes, Luís Pignatell, Adelaide João, Elisa de Guisette
    Cinematography
    Hanus Polak
    Runtime
    120 min
    Country
    Austria, Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese

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