Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura (2009)

A young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blonde woman who turns his life upside down.

Director:

Manoel de Oliveira

Writers:

Eça de Queirós (short story), Manoel de Oliveira (adaptation)

Stars:

Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ricardo Trêpa	...	Macário
Catarina Wallenstein	...	Luísa
Diogo Dória	...	Francisco
Júlia Buisel	...	D. Vilaça
Leonor Silveira	...	Senhora
Luís Miguel Cintra	...	Himself
Glória de Matos	...	D. Sande
Filipe Vargas	...	Amigo
Rogério Samora	...	Chapéu de Palha
Miguel Guilherme	...	Faleiro
Rogério Vieira
Paulo Matos	...	Desconhecido
António Reis	...	Cónego Savedra
Miguel Seabra	...	Notário
Luís Lima Barreto	...	Desembargador

Storyline

On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he's just met. In flashbacks he arrives in Lisbon to work as an accountant and a broker for his uncle. From his office window, he sees a young woman, Luísa: he's intrigued and finds her beautiful; she holds a Chinese fan near her face. He arranges to meet her, and they fall in love. When he tells his uncle he wants to marry, not only does his uncle disapprove, he fires Macário who then leaves his uncle's home to live on his own. Penniless, he takes a job in Cape Verde to earn some money so Luísa and he can wed. Will she wait, and what of her peculiarities? His seatmate on the train wants the whole story.

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Plot Keywords:

train | love | flashback | penniless | cape verde | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Portugal Spain France

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

6 August 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Eigenheiten einer jungen Blondine

Filming Locations:

Lisbon, Portugal

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmes do Tejo, Les Films de l'Après-Midi, Eddie Saeta S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

64 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ricardo Trêpa is the director's grandson

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Soundtracks

Arabesque No.1
for harp
By Claude Debussy
Performed by Ana Paula Miranda

User Reviews

Don't be seen to fidget

I've given this film a respectful score, if only because it is like being privileged to visit a grande dame in her home, where everything is correct and so boring you want to tell it point by point to your friends, who you hope are aware that you are not boring yourself. And I'd like to suppose the film is similarly ironic about its bland characters (a lover in the Cape Verde Islands who writes out for his young woman their physical geography, as my encyclopedia would call it). Its argument may be about the boring eternity of the upper bourgeoisie even in our world where the same fine things are now paid for in euros. But the film may fall into its own trap, as with the titles that let a conductor go seat by seat in a first-class train car checking tickets while credits very slowly appear. Viewer, your attention might stray to what may be outside the windows, but notice the lady with the pearl necklace, for she will be the perfect audience for this touching story. The best hope for irony might be a poem or two of Pessoa's, even if recited by a distinguished actor in evening dress.