Film Restored – screening ‘Belarmino’

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Screening ‘Belarmino’, PT, 1964, directed by Fernando Lopes

OV with EN subtitles 

Original format: 35 mm, 1:1.37, bw 

Screening print: DCP, 74 min, Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema 

This cinematic portrait follows former boxing star Belarmino Fragoso, as he goes about his daily business in a Lisbon that no longer exists. Solitude, fear, and defeat intersect in a film that juggles documentary, drama, and interviews as it moves through old cinema lobbies and night clubs. This first feature- length work by Fernando Lopes, with a moody jazz score by Manuel Jorge Veloso, and radiant cinematography by Augusto Cabrita, is one of the iconic films of Portuguese Cinema Novo – New Wave.

The original 35mm camera negative and a distribution print, both held at the Cinemateca Portuguesa, were scanned in 4K. The sound was scanned and restored from the optical soundtrack of a print made in 2014. Digital grading and image restoration were done by Cineric Portugal using a dis- tribution print as reference.

Introduction: João Antunes (Cinemateca Portuguesa)

→ Tickets: 8,50 €