“The Locarno Film Festival, at Its 78th Edition This Year, is Inviting Audiences to Explore the Seasons (as Estaçõos). The Movie is the Solo Directorial Feature Debut from Maureen Fazendeiro (Medium-Leggth Film Les Habitants, Short Black Sun) Long-Time Collaborator of Portuguese”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Movie Is The Solo Directorial Feature Debut from Maureen Fazendeiro (Medium-Leggth Film Les habitantsshort Black Sun), A French Filmmaker and Casting Director Living in Lisbon Who Is Known As A Long-Time Collaborator of Portuguese Auteur Miguel Gomes The Tsugua Diaries and Co-Wrote Grand Tour. The Film Will World Premiere in the Swiss Festival’s Main Competition Lineup on Aug. 11.
The Film Is Based On Accouns and Tales Collected During ITS Prepiation and the Personal
Archives and Fieldnotes of German Archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner, Who Studied Megalithic Sites in Iberia.
”Weaving Together Accounts of Rural Workers and Field Notes of A Coupple of Archaeologists, Amateur Footage and Scientific Drawings, Legends, Poems, and Songs, As Estacing is a journey through the real history and the tales of a region in Southern Portugal, Alentejo, and A Portrait of the People Who Have Lived There, “Notes a synopsis on the.
Fazendeiro Herself, in a Director’s Statement, Describes The Movie As “An Archaeological Film,” Explaining: “IT Excavates of Landscape, The Voices, And Gestures of the PEOPLE. A Shared History, One of Wars and Revolutions, Fear and Resistance, Permanence and Metamorphosis. ”
‘The Seasons’ CourTesy of Marianne andrea Borowiec
Written and Directed by Fazendeiro, The Seasons Features Cinematography from Robin Fresson and Marta Simhel. As Cast Members, Simathea Ramalho, Cláudio Da Silva, Ana Potra, Manuel Leitathe Toni Slama, António Abel, and Simathest Romeu.
International Sales on the Co-Production Between Portugal, France, Spain, and Austria, Are Being Handled by Square Eyes.
Thr can unveil a trailer for The SeasonsWHICH Features, Among Other Things, Archeologists, Rocks, Flowers, The Moon, Lots of Goats, and Such Lines As “I Heard A Story” and “Once Upon A Time.”
Watch The Full Trailer Below and Decide for Yourself if You Want To Hear A Story.