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Director:
Manoel de Oliveira
Release Date:
21 September 1931 (Portugal) more
Genre:
Documentary | Short
Plot:
A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Oporto. | add synopsis
User Comments:
The story of a working town. more

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Labor on the Douro River (International: English title)
Working on the Douro River (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Canada:18 min
Country:
Portugal
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Filming Locations:
Porto, Portugal

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Referenced in Porto da Minha Infância (2001) more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
The story of a working town., 15 November 2001
Author: sibisi73 from United Kingdom

Oliveira's first film, shot around the harbour in Oporto, Portugal, is an avant-garde series of images of the fishermen and assorted workers of the town. Although there are obvious influences from other 'art' films of the time, it isn't simply a montage of unrelated images, but a vision of a working town, even with so much as a narrative thread running through. The version I have seen (at the London Film Festival 2001) was overseen by the director himself with a new score by Emmanuel Nunes. It is a pounding, vibrant 18 minutes, despite it's limitations.

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