Switzerland / Aug 04, 2016 / Locarno Film Festival
2h 25min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long exile, he kept an epistolary correspondence with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. These letters are a testimony of the profound friendship between the two poets, letters of longing and of desire to “fill years of distance with hours of conversation”. Through excerpts and verses, a dialog is established, revealing their divergent opinions but mostly their strong bond, and their efforts to preserve it until their last breaths.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Correspondências |
| Original language | Português (PT) |
| Spoken languages | Français, ελληνικά, English, Italiano, Português |
| Production countries | Portugal |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | C.R.I.M. Produções |
| Release date | 4 agosto 2016 |
| Production | Isabel Machado, Joana Ferreira |
| Writer | Rita Azevedo Gomes, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Jorge de Sena |
| Editing | Rita Azevedo Gomes, Patrícia Saramago, Jennifer Mendes |
| Cinematography | Jorge Quintela, Acácio de Almeida, Susanne Malorny, Pedro Ribeiro |
| Assistant directors | Susanne Malorny, Rita Azevedo Gomes |
| Camera operators | Jorge Quintela, Acácio de Almeida, Susanne Malorny, Pedro Ribeiro |
| Additional photography | Jorge Quintela, Acácio de Almeida, Susanne Malorny, Pedro Ribeiro |
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Release dates
Premiere
Austria / Oct 24, 2016 / Vienna International Film Festival
Portugal / Nov 26, 2016 / Caminhos do Cinema Português
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