Underplayed Gems

One Hundred Times Lost (1973)

One Hundred Times Lost poster
Original title
Perdido Por Cem...
Directed by
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Genre
drama, crime, romance
Country
Portugal
Runtime
1h 57m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man from the countryside drifts through Lisbon, struggling to find his place. The film follows his experiences of poverty and isolation in the big city.

melancholicobservantgroundedhopefulsocially consciouswanderingurban lonelygritty-poetic

What happens

Perdido por Cem... (1972) é um filme português de António Pedro Vasconcelos, que se integra no movimento do Novo Cinema. Influenciado pelo neorrealismo italiano, que se ia vendo nas sessões dos cineclubes de Lisboa, inspira-se na Nouvelle Vague para se assumir na vanguarda portuguesa, sensível à injustiça social e tenaz nas suas esperanças. Retoma a questão do jovem provinciano que se perde em Lisboa, tema que já Paulo Rocha explorara em Os Verdes Anos (1964). La vie à l’improvise é o tema decorrente e o estilo com que se filma Pedro o Louco, de Godard, (1965) serve de modelo. O filme estreou no cinema Satélite, em Lisboa, no dia 9 de Abril de 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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