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The Hips of J.W. (1997)
Directed by João César Monteiro
Comedy · 2h 28m
Two actors performing in Strindberg's "Inferno" as God and Lucifer, find themselves competing in real life as well. One of them, Max Monteiro, has spiritual obsession with John Wayne and his way of walking. He and Jean de Dieu, his fellow actor who plays Lucifer and also directs the Strindberg play, engage in a philosophical and spiritual tug-of-war, especially when they meet an author named God, who has plans for another drama to feature both actors.
Cast
Hugues Quester
Jean de Dieu / Lucifer
Pierre Clémenti
Paul
Joana Azevedo
Catarina, Ariane
J
Jean Watan
Henrique, João de Deus
João César Monteiro
Max Monteiro / God / Henrique
Manuela de Freitas
Prostitute
Graziella Delerm
Marianne
Luís Pavão
Critico de Teatro
A
Alexandre Melo
Jornalista da tê-que-não-vê
M
Myriam Szabo
Bailarina
P
Pippo Tartaglia
Violonista Cego
Mariya Makhanko
Uriel
Crew
- Director
- João César Monteiro
- Screenplay
- João César Monteiro
- Writer
- August Strindberg, Teixeira de Pascoaes, André Breton
- Director of Photography
- Mário Barroso
- Editor
- Carla Bogalheiro
- Producer
- Frédéric Sichler, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, José Mazeda
Details
- Original title
- Le Bassin de J. W.
- Release date
- 1997-10-29
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Portuguese
- Countries
- France, Portugal
- Production
- Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Fábrica de Imagens, Euripide Productions