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Gestures and Fragments

Gestures and Fragments

1983•1h 30m•6.5/10
Documentary

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6.5/10(2)

"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures & Fragments", sums up the spirit of the film, based on three points of view on the same theme: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and Eduardo Lourenço, in their own roles, and the one played by Robert Kramer, as an American journalist bent on seeking explanations for the process of the Portuguese Revolution.

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Production

Grupo Zero

Language

PT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Himself

Robert Kramer

Robert Kramer

American journalist

Eduardo Lourenço

Himself

Joaquim Furtado

Narrator (voice)

Erika Kramer

Erica Asher (woman who wrote a letter)

Jorge Silva Melo

Jorge Silva Melo

American journalist (voice)

Zita Duarte

Zita Duarte

Woman on a river boat (voice)

Luis Miguel Cintra

Luis Miguel Cintra

Armando (voice)

Jaime Silvério Marques

Himself

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