Acto da Primavera

⭐ Featured Review

"The film shows a recreation of an "Auto", an ancient passion play (the passion refers to Christ's arrest and execution), produced by Portugese villagers and re-run for Portugese director Manoel de Oliveira's cameras. Manoel is, incredibly, still making films well over a century since he was born. The film is shot entirely in the open air. It includes shots of the film crew shooting, and idle passers-by come to watch. The film's gives us three time-lines, the time of Christ's death, the world of Francisco Vaz De Guimaraes, the 16th writer of the play, and the year..."