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Documentary · 2006

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.

Starring

António Reis, Joaquim Pinto, Pierre-Marie Goulet, Paulo Rocha, Pierre-Marie Goulet, Virgínia Dias, José Mário Branco, Paulo Trancoso, Manuel António Pina, Bruno Flament

Director

Pierre-Marie Goulet

Producer

Paulo Trancoso