Frei Luís de Sousa (1950)

Directed by

António Lopes Ribeiro

Genre

drama film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

M/6

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A film adaptation of a classic Portuguese play. It deals with the memories of a chronicler turned friar named Luis de Sousa. The story is a key example of European Romantic theater.

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What happens

Frei Luís de Sousa ist ein portugiesischer Film des Regisseurs António Lopes Ribeiro aus dem Jahr 1950. Das schwarzweiße Filmdrama ist die Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Hauptwerkes des portugiesischen Dramatikers und Schriftstellers Almeida Garrett. Das Stück beschäftigt sich mit den Erinnerungen des Chronisten Luis de Sousa (Frei ist der portugiesische Titel für Ordensbrüder) und gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke der portugiesischen Theatergeschichte und der europäischen Romantik. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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