Rite of Spring (film) explained

Rite of Spring
Director:Manoel de Oliveira
Producer:Manoel de Oliveira
Cinematography:Manoel de Oliveira
Editing:Manoel de Oliveira
Runtime:94 min
Country:Portugal
Language:Portuguese

Rite of Spring (Portuguese: Acto da Primavera) is a 1963 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira, his second feature.

The poet and director António Reis was the film's assistant director, and his influence can be felt deeply throughout it. (The film was included in the film program The School of Reis in 2012.[1])

Synopsis

The inhabitants of Curalha, a small village in western Portugal, perform the Passion of Jesus every year according to text from about the 16th century, a tradition upon which Oliveira stumbled during the production of a film in 1963. The film is also remembered for "a furious apocalyptic montage that links Christ's death to the violence and lunacy of the Vietnam era".[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rite of Spring at The School of Reis official page at the Harvard Film Archive website. 2012-07-01. ves.fas.harvard.edu.
  2. http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2008marchapril/oliveira.html March 15 - 29 Manoel de Oliveira, or Cinema, the Art of Enigma