Belarmino
Belarmino is a 1964 Portuguese docufiction. It charts the life and times of ex-boxer Belarmino Fragoso. It is one of the first films of the Portuguese Cinema Novo, itself part of a wave of New Cinemas sweeping the world in the 1960s, and a break from the previous tradition of Portuguese cinema exemplified by the comédia à portuguesa. Lopes's film was shown at the festivals of Pesaro and Salso-Poretta in Italy, garnered favourable reviews throughout Europe and won the Prémio da Casa da Imprensa back in Portugal. It was shown twice in 2024 at the Film Institute of the Museum of Modern Art, also in 2024 at the Harvard Film Archive, and in 2020 was called a "hidden masterpiece" by New Yorker.
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| author | Fernando Lopes |
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| contentLocation | Lisbon |
| director | Fernando Lopes |
| events | boxing |
| musicBy | Jean-Pierre Gebler Manuel Ruas |
| producer | António da Cunha Telles |
| publisher | Produções Cunha Telles |
| theme | docufiction documentary |