Colossal Youth (film)
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Colossal Youth is a 2006 film directed by Portuguese director Pedro Costa
. The film was shot on DV
in long, static takes and mixes documentary and fiction storytelling. The third feature by Costa set in Lisbon
's Fontainhas neighborhood (after In Vanda's Room
and Bones
), Colossal Youth is a meditation on the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution
and its consequences for Portugal's poverty-stricken Cape Verde
an immigrants. It was part of the Official Competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
.
Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director.He is acclaimed for using his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations...
. The film was shot on DV
DV
DV is a format for the digital recording and playing back of digital video. The DV codec was launched in 1995 with joint efforts of leading producers of video camcorders....
in long, static takes and mixes documentary and fiction storytelling. The third feature by Costa set in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
's Fontainhas neighborhood (after In Vanda's Room
In Vanda's Room
No Quarto da Vanda is a three-hour fiction film by Portuguese director Pedro Costa. The film follows the daily life of Vanda Duarte, a heroin addict, in the shanty outskirts of Lisbon. The film's focus is also on the community of the district and its townscape...
and Bones
Ossos
Ossos is a 1997 Portuguese film directed by Pedro Costa.The film is set in "Estrela d'Africa", Fontainhas district of Lisbon, where disadvantaged dwellers and immigrants from former Portuguese colonies in Africa live desperate lives.The story's focus is on a young girl and her lover who become...
), Colossal Youth is a meditation on the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
and its consequences for Portugal's poverty-stricken Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
an immigrants. It was part of the Official Competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Cannes Film Festival
The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury....
.
Plot
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.External links
- Colossal Youth at Memento Films International
- Podcast with Pedro Costa (on the Letters from Fontainhas Criterion DVD set, 2010) at GreenCine DailyGreenCine DailyGreenCine Daily is a film and film criticism news site operated by the online video rental service GreenCine.The site was originally edited by David Hudson, who developed a format that curated links to articles, reviews, interviews and podcasts. Over the course of Hudson's tenure, the site became...