Fragmentos de um Filme-Esmola: A Sagrada Família -- João César Monteiro (1972) "Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and practically lives in bed, in the midst of green plants. His father expressly desired that his son film this eccentric daily life in 8 mm format. Maria's wages are dilapidated to the last penny by this amateur, monstrous, family movie production. "It is perhaps the only rage-filled Portuguese film. The formal depuration is extreme and corresponds to an equally extreme thematic depuration, if it makes any sense to separate the one from the other in a film, above and beyond limits like these. All that is asked of the actors is that they be actors, which is the most difficult thing to ask, since it means not giving them anything in return." (MS Fonseca) "Fragments of an Alms-Films / The Holy Family was shot by Monteiro between 1972 and 1973. However, in the ensuing four years the author contrinued to work on it, during which period he made successive changes to it. As far as one is able to discern, there were at least three consesutive versions : A first one, edited soon after the shooting. A second one, edited between 1974 and 1975, wherein were introduced the credits and the scene featuring the naked couple, which appears towards the end of the film. A third version, dated 1977, in which the said scene was edited out while a greater part of the shots were slightly ...
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