2009

Portugal - France - Spain

63min - 35 mm - 1.85 - Color - Dolby SRD - Drama

Original language : Portuguese

Cast

Ricardo Trêpa
Catarina Wallenstein
Diogo Doria
Julia Buisel
Leonor Silveira
Filipe Vargas

Credits

Director: Manoel de Oliveira

Producer : François d'Artemarre
Production Company : FILMES DO TEJO II
Co-producer : Maria João Mayer / Luis Miñaro
Co-production Company : LES FILMS DE L'APRES MIDI / EDDIE SAETA

Screenplay : Manoel de Oliveira
Director of photography : Sabine Lancelin
Sound : Henri Maikoff
Editing : Catherine Krassovsky

Festivals & Awards

2009 :
Berlin Film Festival - Berlinale Special
Buenos Aires IFF
Jeonju IFF
Istanbul IFF
Tribute to Portuguese Cinema in Udine & Pordenone
Mediterranean Film Festival
Split Karlovy Vary IFF
Auckland IFF
Welington IFF
Sydney IFF
Melbourne IFF
Vancouver IFF
Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montréal
Denver IFF
Toronto IFF - Masters
NYC IFF
Rio IFF
Chicago IFF
Sao Paulo IFF
FICBRASILIA
Kerala IFF
Mumbai IFF
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

2010 :
Miami IFF
Hong kong IFF
Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival
Pusan Cinematheque Seoul
Art Cinema
CPH
PIX

ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLOND HAIR GIRL

Singularidades de uma rapariga loira

a film by :Manoel de Oliveira

Macário spends an entire train journey to the Algarve talking to a woman he does not know about the trials and tribulations of his love life: straight after starting his first job as a book keeper at his Uncle Francisco's warehouse in Lisbon he falls madly in love with a young blonde, who lives across the road. No sooner does he meet her than he straightaway wants to marry her. His uncle, totally opposed to the match, fires him and kicks him out of the house. Macário departs for Cape Verde where he makes his fortune. When he finally wins his uncle’s approval to marry his beloved, he discovers the “singularity” of his fiancée’s character.

French Synopsis :

Macário raconte à une inconnue qui voyage à ses côtés dans le train pour l’Algarve les tribulations de sa vie amoureuse. Tout juste embauché comme comptable dans l’entreprise de son oncle Francisco à Lisbonne, il tombe éperdument amoureux d’une jeune fille blonde, qui vit dans la maison de l’autre côté de la rue. Il fait sa connaissance et décide sur le champ de l’épouser. De façon inattendue, l’oncle Francisco s’y oppose catégoriquement et le chasse de chez lui. Macario réussit à faire fortune au Cap-Vert et finit par obtenir l’accord de son oncle pour le mariage. C’est alors qu’il découvre les singularités du caractère de sa fiancée.

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