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Torre Bela (1977)
Directed by Thomas Harlan
Documentary · 2h 19m
The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975 (most part of the land occupations occurred in Alentejo, promoted by the communist party). In direct speech, sometimes to the camera, sometimes among themselves, the uneducated rural workers expose their misery, their suffering, their hopes, and ultimately their despair - when a socialist government orders the restitution of the land to their primitive owners, and these transform the land into a hunting reserve.
Cast
Thomas Harlan
José Afonso
Crew
- Director
- Thomas Harlan
- Writer
- Thomas Harlan
- Editor
- Noémia Delgado, Roberto Perpignani
- Producer
- Luísa Orioli, Alexandre Duly
Details
- Release date
- 1977-05-19
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- French, Portuguese
- Countries
- Italy, Portugal
- Production
- Società Cinematografica Italiana di Torre Bela, Cooperativa Era Nova, Albatros