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FATED LOVE (1978)
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Direction: Manoel de Oliveira.
Screenplay: Manoel de Oliveira, based on the novel by Camilo Castelo Branco.
Cinematography: Manuel Costa e Silva.
Cast: Antonio Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp, Antünio Costa, Ricardo Pais, Ruy Furtado.
16mm Colour 245'.
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In the early 19th century, two rival families watch as their children fall in love with each other. Wishing to avert fate, they hastily promise Therese to her cousin, Balthazar, but she chooses to enter a convent. Simon kills the cousin and turns himself over to justice. His father, the town magistrate, refuses to help the son that betrayed him by falling in love with the daughter of his worst enemy. From their individual cells, Therese and Simon write to each other. At first condemned to death, Simon accepts that his sentence be commuted to deportation to India, but does not ask for a pardon. He bords ship at Porto, and bids his last farewell to Therese, who sees him from the convent's watchtower and then immediately dies. A few days later, Simon dies at sea...
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Born in Porto, in 1908, he attended a Jesuit school and then went on to work in his father's textile factory, racing cars in his free time. He caused
a political scandal in 1931 with his first film,
a documentary entitled Douro, Faina fluvial.
He was recognized by critics as one
of the most important European film directors.
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival held Manoel de Oliveira retrospective in 1997.
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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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FATED LOVE
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A
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OLYMPION É
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Monday 15/11 11:00
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FATED LOVE
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B
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OLYMPION II - P. ZANNAS
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Tuesday 16/11 15:00
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