1976
6.0 (2 votes)
1h 51m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)
Masks (Máscaras)
Overview
The film sought to portray a relatively unknown and isolated rural world and, through a highly politicized discourse, affirmed the genuineness of “folk culture.” Representative of the new documentary film movement that developed in Portugal after the revolution, the movie encouraged the local retrieval of the Caretos tradition. A ritual that seemed to be doomed by the conjoined impact of emigration, the colonial war and the crisis of agriculture was thus brought back to life. - Paulo Raposo
Key Crew
Director of Photography: José Reynès, Acácio de Almeida
Director: Noémia Delgado
Producer: Noémia Delgado
