The Hunt (1963)
- Original title
- A Caça
- Directed by
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Portugal
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man goes hunting but the event spirals into a brutal and surreal confrontation. The film avoids a straightforward story, focusing instead on an unsettling atmosphere of violence and despair.
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What happens
The Hunt (Portuguese: A Caça) is a 1963 short Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film is a grim, surrealistic short narrative film that contrasted with the positive tones of Oliveira's previous film. Due to censorship issues, Oliveira was forced to add a "happy ending" to the initial release of the film and was unable to restore his original ending until 1988. Because of this film and anti- Salazar regime comments Oliveira made after a screening of his previous film O Acto de Primavera, he was arrested by the PIDE in 1963. He spent 10 days in jail and was interrogated until finally being released with the help of his friend Manuel Meneres. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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