Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura(Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl) (Beeck Turtle) French Romantic Comedy Movie 2010
Cast And Crew
Cast : Ricardo Trêpa ,Catarina Wallenstein ,Diogo Dória ,Júlia Buisel ,
Leonor Silveira ,Filipe Vargas ,Miguel Seabra ,Rogério Samora
Writers:Eça de Queirós (short story) ,Manoel de Oliveira (adaptation)
Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira
Date Opening : 13 Janvier 2010
Genre: Comédie | dramatique | Romance
Origine: Portugal, France
Country: Portugal | Spain | France
Titre original : Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl (Beeck Turtle)
Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl Portugal Film Plot:
A young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blond woman that turns his life upside down.On first glance, a film about a young man's encounter with a mysterious blond woman, directed by a 100 year old and based on the 19th-century writings of Portugese great Eça de Queirós, well, it just seems unlikely enough to succeed. That it is filled with wry humour and a certain grace is the great bonus for those curious enough to see it.Opening on a train journey, Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl is the story told by the young male passenger to the middle-aged female in the adjacent seat.
When she politely enquires into the reason for his travels, she surely isn't expecting the tale she is told: working as an accountant for his uncle, Macário (Ricardo Trêpa) is a dull man in a dull world. When one day he glances out of his office window and sees a young blond woman fanning herself in the window across the laneway, his heart is filled with romantic ideas and grand notions. One obstacle after another will arise to thwart their great love and provide the basis for the story he will tell.There isn't much more than this to the story, and yet it is in the telling that Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl can separate itself from the more common cinema experience. The relatively straightforward tale is told in a simple and unadorned way, allowing the characters and the sympathy they generate to remain front and centre.
Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl French Film Story:
The story of Macário and Luisa (Catarina Wallenstein) is old school, understandably so when one considers the source material, and yet this telling of it seems fresh. Perhaps it is the wry wit that pervades many of the scenes that allows this sensation to develop, as director Manoel de Oliveira certainly seems to know when to allow an absurdity to break the tension. There are several moments when one may find oneself laughing out loud, but generally this film provokes more smirks than laughs.
Minor details that can only suggest self-awareness mean Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl will also reward the attentive. When one considers the film in a modern context - and there is no evidence to suggest it is set in any other time, in spite of the nature of its story and the era of the writer's prominence - it will be hard to understand the motivations of certain characters, and particularly the reaction of Macário's uncle. It is never entirely clear why he would require so much of his nephew, unless he really is possessed of the omniscience his behaviour appears to depend upon.A Lisbonne, Macário tombe amoureux d'une jeune fille. Après de nombreuses péripéties : lutte contre son oncle qui s'oppose au mariage, exil provoqué par les problèmes d'argent, trahison d'un ami, il conquiert le droit de l'épouser. Mais durant les préparatifs du mariage, Macário découvre les étranges pratiques de sa future femme. C'est cette histoire, celle de ses chagrins, que Macário livre à une inconnue lors d'un nouveau voyage.Watch online Movie Trailer free Singularités d'une jeune fille blonde Portugal | Spain | France film.The film Directed by Manoel de Oliveira .
Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl Spain Movie Review :
Is this the first movie by a hundred hear old director and is it any good? Clerk Trêpa working in his uncle's office becomes infatuated with the girl with the fan who he sees in the window opposite the one at which he clerks. He meets and wins her with curious ease but his uncle's unexplained opposition sends him off to Cape Verde where he makes a fortune off screen, that he loses equally easily and he finds his new intended has this alarming flaw - that's an hour and we can go home.
The simplicity of the staging and the glowing interior camera-work do contribute atmosphere but the emphasis is all over the place and the characterisations never connect up.
I'm not a great admirer of the films de Olivera made half a century back so I'm not likely to find this piece more than a curiosity. It has the Old Man Film quality of pieces like Huston's THE DEAD or IMMORTAL STORY without being as good.
