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Illusion

2014 · 115 min

A patient, humane look at amateur performers discovering theatre, more about process and people than spectacle.

Directed by
Sofia Marques
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Luís Miguel Cintra, Cristina Reis, Adão Castro
Overview
Luis Miguel Cintra, renowned actor, stage director and director of the Portuguese theatre company Teatro da Cornucópia, staged the play Illusion in early 2014. This play was based upon texts by Federico García Lorca. However, the 119th company's show was no ordinary show, for in the cast there were 59 non-actors, amateurs and theatre students.

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Directed by
Sofia Marques
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Luís Miguel Cintra, Cristina Reis, Adão Castro
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  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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  • art
  • identity
  • found family
  • work
  • education
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  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • ensemble
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  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity5
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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sofia Marques
Starring
Luís Miguel Cintra, Cristina Reis, Adão Castro, André Loubet, Beatriz Maia, Bernardo Souto, Catarina Campos Costa, Frederico Serpa
Cinematography
Sofia Marques
Runtime
115 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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