Torre Bela
7.5
The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975 (most part of the land occupations occurred in Alentejo, promoted by the communist party). In direct speech, sometimes to the camera, sometimes among themselves, the uneducated rural workers expose their misery, their suffering, their hopes, and ultimately their despair - when a socialist government orders the restitution of the land to their primitive owners, and these transform the land into a hunting reserve.
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Cast
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Thomas Harlan
Self (voice)
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Camilo Mortágua
Self - LUAR leader
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Roberto Perpignani
José Pedro Andrade dos Santos
José Afonso
Self - Singer
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Paulo Branco
Russell Parker
Maria Vitória
Self - Paesant
Jacques d'Arthuys
Wilson Filipe
Self
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José Neves Paiva
Self - Peasant
Anna Devoto
Thomas Harlan Director · Roberto Perpignani Editor Noémia Delgado Editor
Budget $850K · United States release April 12, 1978 · Produced in Italy, Portugal
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Budget
$850,000
Production
Società Cinematografica Italiana di Torre Bela
Production
Cooperativa Era Nova
Production
Albatros
Production
Films Albatros
Production
Italy · Portugal
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Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
French · Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · September 1, 1975
limited long version
United States · April 12, 1978
New York New Directors and New Films Festival
Canada
April 1, 1978 · Montréal
France
May 19, 1977 · Premiere
Italy
September 15, 1977 · Pesaro International Film Festival
Spain
March 14, 2021 · Xcentric Cinema
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