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Vieirarpad

2021 · 86 min

A quiet, contemplative drift through letters and images, more like wandering a gallery than watching a story unfold.

Directed by
João Mário Grilo
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Suzana Borges, Raquel Henriques da Silva, Virginie Duval
Overview
VIEIRARPAD begun with the correspondence between the couple Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Arpad Szènes, between 1932-1961. The letters and the intimacy of their words are pretext for the exploration of an equally intimate visual journey

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Directed by
João Mário Grilo
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Suzana Borges, Raquel Henriques da Silva, Virginie Duval
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    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
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    • art
    • love
    • memory
    • identity
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    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    João Mário Grilo
    Written by
    Inês Barreiros, João Mário Grilo
    Starring
    Suzana Borges, Raquel Henriques da Silva, Virginie Duval, Paulo Herkenhoff, Jean-François Jaeger, Fábio Koifman, Fernanda Lapa, Luís Lucas
    Cinematography
    João Ribeiro, Acácio de Almeida
    Runtime
    86 min
    Country
    Brazil, France, Portugal
    Languages
    French, Portuguese

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