Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired girl, by Manoel de Oliveira

Official Selection, Berlin 2009

SYNOPSIS : In a train, Macario talks to an unknown woman about his discomfiture lover: a twisted story whose confusing outcome follows precisely the eccentricitiess of the blond young girl in question. A delicate work staying in a perfect balance between literature and drawing.

Production : Filmes do Tejo (Portugal), Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Distribution : Epicentre Films
World Sales : Pyramide International
Year of production : 2009
Duration : 63 min.
Language : Portugais

CREDITS :
Director : Manoel de Oliveira
Writer : Manoel de Oliveira
inspired by the novel by Eça de Queiroz
Cinematography : Sabine Lancelin
Editing : Catherine Krassovsky
Sound : Henri Maikoff

CAST :
Ricardo Trepa : Macario
Catarina Wallenstein : Luisa
Diego Doria : Francisco
Julia Buisel : D. Vilaça
Filipe Vargas : Amigo
Leonor Silveira : Senhora
Luis Miguel Cintra : himself