Rio Turvo

A bizarre and tragic ballad of an impossible love between a nameless topographer and Leonor in a swamp soon to be destroyed by the forces of Man. She (Teresa Salgueiro, ethereal voice of Madredeus) is the “swamp-flower”, protégée of a Socratic Director (and his goat Plato). In a world without women, she is kept safe from the temptations of the flesh by her strict and grotesque Aunt. The sound-track entirely played by the workers (fado and bossa nova singers) reveals parallel narratives of suspicion and conspiracy that unfold to the pace of the unconscious leading to a confrontation between Man and River. Inspired by a hypnotic story by Branquinho da Fonseca (1905-1974).

Cast

David Almeida José Wallenstein Manuel João Vieira Paula Só

J.P. Simões

Nuno Melo Pedro Hestnes Sérgio Grilo Sargento Bera

José Ananias

Vítor Correia

José Pracana

Ricardo Ribeiro

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