Portugal / France / West Germany / Italy / Switzerland,
1988, 90 min
Directed by:
Manoel de OliveiraScreenplay:
Manoel de OliveiraCinematography:
Mário BarrosoComposer:
João PaesCast:
Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, José Manuel Mendes, Rogério Samora, Cândido Ferreira, Glória de MatosPlots(1)
For his unconventional rendering of the archetypal story of the Beauty and the Beast - with the appearances by Don Juan, the timeless womaniser - Manoel de Oliveira chose an equally unconventional genre: film opera. There is an alienating Brechtian narrator-guiding the audiences through this black-humoured piece produced by Paulo Branco and complemented with a score by Jo?o Paes, an outstanding Portuguese composer of the time. (Summer Film School)
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