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Bookmark this pageThe Other One (1981)
Director: João Botelho
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From Time Out Film Guide
'I am neither I nor the other one/I am something in between.' So wrote the Portuguese poet Mário de Sá-Carneiro, whose friendship with fellow-poet Fernando Pessoa during 1912-16 forms the 'documentary' material of this Syberbergian first feature by Botelho. The political and moral crisis in early 20th century Portugal, the impasse of exile and the seduction of death, are the key themes in this richly stylised, quasi-theatrical attempt to put poetry on the screen. Stylish, and not short of substance.Author: MA
Cast & crew
Director: João Botelho
Producer: Antonio Pedro Vasconelos
Cast: Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 100 mins
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