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Tributes and Retrospectives - Rita Azevedo Gomes
Arriving in a hotel in the city of Faro, a couple learns there are no available tables left. When another couple agrees to share a table, they spark a conversation on the city’s history, unfolding the tales of king Afonso III, who betrays his wife, and of a Moorish woman, who betrays her father.
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Cast:
Anísio Franco, João Pedro Bénard da Costa, Leonor Baldaque -
Original Title:
A Conquista de Faro -
Country:
Portugal -
Year:
2005 - 30 min PT Subtitles EN
Director
Rita Azevedo Gomes
Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1952, Rita Azevedo Gomes studied Fine Arts before working in film and theatre. Besides her endeavors as a filmmaker, she’s also a film programmer and curator at Cinemateca Portuguesa. Over the years, she has taken part in several projects spanning across theatre, opera, cinema and the visual arts, of which her graphic work for cinema is particularly striking. She has collaborated with important figures within Portuguese cinema, such as João Bénard da Costa, Luís Noronha da Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Valeria Sarmiento, among others. Having directed her first feature, O Som da Terra a Tremer, in 1990, she subsequently directed several short and feature films that earned her international recognition. The Portuguese Woman (2018) is her latest film.