
Killing the Saudades
Original title: Matar Saudades
Overview
Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his lost village in the northern interior, near the border, from where one day he'd be gone, also from a jump. A letter, from his brother Peter, warned him that everything changed. Even Teresa. Abel catches sight of his childhood in the village hills, the old tribe. From a distance everything seams to be in the same placesa, the old dog is all that remains of the past. In the village the Act of Passion will be performed and Teresa is one of the participants. Abel takes the old gestures and prepares his plan: eliminate one by one Teresa's suitors, to consummate during the act of the Passion, her death ...
Top-billed cast
- CCarlos Saboga
- LLaura Soveral
- EEunice Muñoz
- CCanto e Castro
- LLurdes Rodrigues
- JJoão Cabral
- AAlexandre de Sousa
- MManuel Cavaco
- PPedro Efe
- TTeresa Madruga
Crew
- Director
- Fernando Lopes
- Writers
- Carlos Saboga, Fernando Lopes, António-Pedro Vasconcelos
- Producers
- Fernando Matos Silva, José Luís Vasconcelos
- Production
- Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Opus Filmes, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)
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Who directed Killing the Saudades?
Killing the Saudades was directed by Fernando Lopes.
When was Killing the Saudades released?
Killing the Saudades was released in 1988.
















