Cerromaior
Encyclopedia
Cerromaior is a 1981
Portuguese
drama film
directed by Luís Filipe Rocha
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
, and was awarded the Colón de Oro at the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva
.
1981 in film
-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....
Portuguese
Cinema of Portugal
Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Luís Filipe Rocha
Luís Filipe Rocha
Luís Filipe Rocha is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed ten films since 1976. His film Cerromaior was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Jacques Deray *Ellen Burstyn *Jean-Claude Carrière *Robert Chazal *Attilio D'Onofrio *Christian Defaye *Carlos Diegues *Antonio Gala...
, and was awarded the Colón de Oro at the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva
Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva
The Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva is a film festival, celebrated since 1974 in Huelva, Spain) dedicated to promoting Latin American cinema in Europe. The festival is chiefly publicly funded. The grand prize is the Colón de Oro for best feature...
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Cast
- Abel Vieira De Castro
- Titus de Faria - Carlos
- Ruy Furtado - Doninha
- Clara Joana - Ceu
- Santos Manuel - Maltes
- Carlos Paulo - Adriano
- Emília Rosa
- Amélia Varejão
- Elsa Wallencamp - (as Elsa Walenkamp)