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GENTLE HABITS (1974)
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Direction: Alberto Seixas Santos.
Screenplay: Alberto Seixas Santos.
Cinematography: Acácio de Almeida.
Cast: Luis Santos, Dalila Rocha, Isabel de Castro, Sofia de Carvalho, Cremilda Gil, Constanca Navarro..
35mm Colour 75'
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Alternating newsreels about the rise, glory and fall of Salazarism, with the domestic life of a bourgeois Portuguese family, the film draws a parallel between the figure of the traditional father and that of the dictator. The conflicts and the frustration of the two daughters of the couple are illustrated by their relationship with their parents, grandmother and housemaid. These private events are set against the general History of the country, through the use of visual and audio documentation and Brechtian-type songs, through which the positions of the main characters are criticized. Ultimately, this is a film identifying Portuguese fascism with a certain form of paternalism.
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Born in Lisbon, in 1936, he studied history and philosophy.
In the early sixties, he took courses at the Cinematheque Francaise and the Institut de Filmologie at the Sorbonne, going on to attend the London School of Film Technique.
He worked as a film critic for various newspapers
and magazines, co-founded the Centro Portugues de Cinema, the Lisbon Film School, and the Grupo Zero Cooperative,
and was president of the Portuguese Film Institute.
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DIARY
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FILM
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SCREENING
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THEATER
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DATE
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GENTLE HABITS
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CINE PROVLITA 1
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Monday 15/11 18:30
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GENTLE HABITS
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CINE PROVLITA 1
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Thursday 18/11 18:30
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