The film «Linhas de Wellington», by Valeria Sarmiento, will be screened next Friday, the 14th, at 21 pm, in the Grande Auditorium of the Campus das Gambelas of the University of Algarve. The session is organized by the Cineclube de Faro in collaboration with the university.
The film, produced by paulo Branco recreates the Battle of Buçaco on 27 September 1810 and the heroic resistance of the Luso-British alliance commanded by General Wellington which resulted, at the gates of Torres Vedras, in the defeat and withdrawal of Napoleon's troops, commanded by General Massena, in what was the third and last attempt to invade Portugal by French forces.
In addition to being one of the films in competition at the Venice Film Festival, «Lines of Wellington» was chosen to be part of the official selection of some of the most renowned film festivals in the world, such as those in New York, London and Toronto.
The cast of this Portuguese and French co-production includes many national actors, but also distinguished “stars” of international cinema, such as Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich.
Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Victória Guerra, Carloto Cotta, Afonso Pimentel, Adriano Luz and Albano Jerónimo are some of the Portuguese actors who are part of the cast, joined by Michel Piccoli, Isabelle Hupert, Chiara Mastroiani and Mathieu Almariac, among others.
Entry to the session costs 3 euros for members of the UAlg academic community and 4 euros for the general public. For reservations, information and advance ticket sales, call 289 827 627.
Synopsis:
«On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, are defeated in Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of General Wellington.
Despite the victory, the Portuguese and English retreated to forced marches in front of the numerically superior enemy, with the aim of attracting him to Torres Vedras, where Wellington made the construction of fortified lines that were difficult to cross.
Simultaneously, the Anglo-Portuguese command organizes the evacuation of the entire territory between the battlefield and the Torres Vedras lines, in a gigantic scorched earth operation, which deprives the French of any possibility of local supply.
This is the backdrop for the adventures of a host of characters from all walks of life – soldiers and civilians; men, women and children; young and old -, torn from their daily routine by war and thrown over hills and valleys, among ruined villages, charred forests, devastated cultures.
Persecuted fiercely by the French, tormented by an inclement climate, the mass of outlaws continues to advance, gritting their teeth, simply to save their skin, or with the tenacious will to resist the invaders and drive them out of the country, or even in the hope of taking them out. party from the reigning disorder to satisfy the lowest instincts.
All of them, whatever their character and motivations – from the idealistic young lieutenant Pedro de Alencar, through the malicious little English girl Clarissa Warren, or the somber drug dealer Penabranca, to the vindictive sergeant Francisco Xavier and the exuberant winemaker Martírio, converge on different paths to the lines of Torres, where the final fight must decide the fate of each one.»
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