Documentaries

TORRE BELA

Thomas Harlan
P 1975
106 min
V'11

Shot in 1975, Torre Bela follows a group of peasants occupying a large estate in the centre of Portugal. Harlan and his crew played a crucial role in the flow of the events captured on camera, despite being invisible in the film. In this context, cinema is understood not as a mere passive observer that records events, but as a driving force of the revolution, creating a new social reality that emerges from provoked encounters between protagonists acting as political agents for the first time. In Torre Bela to be an actor or agent of revolution and to shoot a film are two sides of the same coin. (José Filipe Costa)

Credits
  • Thomas Harlan
  • Russell Parker
  • Nobert Chayer
  • Roberto Perpignani
Era Nova, Lichtbild Vaduz
Erben Thomas Harlan c/o Filmmuseum München
Video (Betacam SP)
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