Cineclube EA: Love of Perdition

1st Apr until 15th Apr at 18:30
Cicle Love of Perdition
Auditório Ilídio Pinho

The iconographies surrounding attraction and sex have manifested throughout the history of narrative cinema in various forms, whether authentic or a reflection of a point and object with potential for sale. Voyeurism can be perverse, but it is not perversity that determines the value of the artistic object.

What underscores this cycle of three Portuguese films is, simply, a visit to the point of view of popular Portuguese codes surrounding the erotic, which became popularized and, perhaps, reflects on what two telefilms and one feature film reveal about what was or, at least, sounded appealing to popularize in early 20th-century Portugal. All this while Rui Reininho plays a policeman in one of the works.

João Pinto – Master's in Cinema

Contacts

Cineclube 2024-25

equipa do Cineclube EA 2024/25
Diana Monteiro
Diogo Pinto
Gabriel Luna
Inês Leal
João Pinto
José Antunes
Luísa Alegre
Mariana Machado
Sofia Tavares

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1st Apr at 18:30
Amo-te Teresa
by Ricardo Espirito Santo e Cristina Boavida
Portugal, 2000, 90’

The story of the forbidden love between Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor, and after a frustrated love life, she decides to leave Lisbon and return to her hometown. Immediately, a strong attraction develops between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her older son.

8th Apr at 18:30
O Crime do Padre Amaro
by Carlos Coelho da Silva
Portugal, 2005, 120’

A young priest commits a crime when he falls in love with a beautiful yet troubled woman.

15th Apr at 18:30
Call Girl
by António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Portugal, 2007, 145’

Maria, a sensual call girl, is hired by Mouros to seduce Meireles, the mayor of Vilanova, in order to persuade him to approve the construction of a high-end resort by a multinational company. However, Madeira and Neves, detectives from the criminal police, uncover evidence of corruption and begin investigating Meireles. Things get even more complicated when Madeira discovers that Maria—the love of his life—is the bait being used to pressure the politician into giving in.