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Fado Festival. drama mudo, black and white. Consulate of Portugal in Seville

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By AndaluNet on 22/10/2017

14 October 2017
19:30h
Consulate of Portugal in Seville
Realization: Maurice Mauriad (1875-1958)
producion: Pátria Film
Premiere: 9 April 1923
Argument: Bento Mântua
Photography: Artur Costa Macedo
Duracíon: 29 minutes

Fado Festival. drama mudo, black and white. Consulate of Portugal in Seville

Synopsis

in Alfama, John, blacksmith by profession, Toino, el fadista, y Ana, the prostitute, bairrista star in a drama where fado is synonymous with tragic fate and marginal condition. We are witnessing the immorality of the protagonist, that is lost loves the prostitute and, after a violent confrontation with a marginal fadista and ruffian, his rival in the love of it, leaving women and children to live with her. João's father turns to Ana to avoid destruición of a family and she, according to the best moral principles, She asks him to return home to his family.

In the end in a collaboration with Toino, in a scene that takes painful his tragic fate of fado, both - prostitute and marginal guitar player - starring the famous image of the painting O Fado José Malhoa.

A movie in four acts inspired by José Malhoa said table.

Based on the book of the same title. Bento Mântua. It is the first film addressing the issue of fado, contextualizing it in a marginal environment of a typical bohemian quarter of Lisbon.

Learn more: www.festivalfadosevilla.com