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

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

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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