Based on one of the most important and popular works of Portuguese literature, Doomed Love was recently revealed to North American audiences as one of de Oliveira’s greatest works. Closely following Camilo Castelo Branco’s eponymous novel from 1862, de Oliveira creates a radical and unprecedented fusion of theatre, literature and cinema, which, according to Jonathan Rosenbaum, ...
Mário and Cláudia are going through a divorce process. When Cláudia accepts job in another country, situation will lead parents to reassess many of their certainties and question the effects on the happiness of their children.
在19世纪中叶传统的贸易小镇波尔图,自傲的富家公子奥古斯托是作家卡米洛的朋友,他爱上了英国军官的小女儿范妮。面对周遭阻挠和几场分分合合之后,他们终于得以结婚。但婚后,奥古斯托因范妮与卡米洛通信而冷落范妮。之后,范妮因肺结核病倒,在压抑孤独的婚后生活中走向死亡。奥古斯托因命运的磨难,很快就跟随了芬妮的步伐。本片是奥利维拉登峰造极之作,以静止大胆的手法讲述时代变迁社会风起云涌之际贵族间的毁灭式的爱情,以及贵族男所特有扣逼唯美人格。