Underplayed Gems

Jaime (1974)

Jaime poster
Directed by
António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro
Genre
documentary film
Country
Portugal
Runtime
35 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary focuses on the life of Jaime Fernandes, an artist who was a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Lisbon. It gently observes his daily existence and creative work without telling a traditional narrative.

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What happens

Jaime is a Portuguese medium-length documentary film, directed by António Reis and released in 1974. Its subject is the life of Jaime Fernandes, an artist and patient of the psychiatric Hospital Miguel Bombarda in Lisbon. In the words of António Reis, Jaime "is not a story, but it is a film where everything matters". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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