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Mesmerized by the songs of Peroguarda villagers in southern Portugal’s Alentejo region, young Portuguese modern poet Antonio Reis, Corsican researcher of Portuguese folk music Michel Giacometti, and film director Paulo Rocha visited the village one after another in the late 1950s. This work refreshes the soul and flows with songs and poetry seeped in sadness, as well as the atmosphere of the quiet sea and village, fields adorned with vibrant red flowers, and roads traveled by Reis and the others, while interspersing images from Paulo Rocha’s films.

Country:

Portugal

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

105 minutes

Year:

2006

Director:

Pierre-Marie Goulet

Cast:
Paulo Rocha

Virgínia Dias

José Mário Branco

Manuel António Pina

Crew:
Pierre-Marie Goulet

Director

Bruno Flament

Director of Photography

Pierre-Marie Goulet

Writer

Francis Bonfanti

Sound Editor

Joaquim Pinto

Sound Mixer