The Message (1972)
- Original title
- O Recado
- Directed by
- José Fonseca e Costa
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Portugal
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Portuguese drama from 1971 follows characters whose lives reveal the social and political tensions under the old regime. It focuses on everyday realities and the presence of the political police during the Marcelo Caetano years.
groundedintrospectiveserioussocially consciousrealisticrestrainedsomberobservational
What happens
O Recado (1971) é um filme português de José Fonseca e Costa, a sua primeira ficção. É uma das obras mais representativas do movimento do Novo Cinema português porque, implantado na tradição realista, se assume, com nova linguagem, como frontal no tema, em esmerados retratos sociais, além do da polícia política do velho regime, agora convertido em marcelismo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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