Gestures and Fragments (1983)
"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures & Fragments", sums up the spirit of the film, based on three points of view on the same theme: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and Eduardo Lourenço, in their own roles, and the one played by Robert Kramer, as an American journalist bent on seeking explanations for the process of the Portuguese Revolution.
Director: Alberto Seixas Santos
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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho as Himself |
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Robert Kramer as American journalist |
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Eduardo Lourenço as Himself |
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Joaquim Furtado as Narrator (voice) |
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Erika Kramer as Erica Asher (woman who wrote a letter) |
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Jorge Silva Melo as American journalist (voice) |
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Zita Duarte as Woman on a river boat (voice) |
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Luís Miguel Cintra as Armando (voice) |
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Jaime Silvério Marques as Himself |
| Directing | Alberto Seixas Santos | Director |
| Sound | Maria Paola Porru | Sound |
| Writing | Alberto Seixas Santos | Writer |
| Production | Alberto Seixas Santos | Producer |
| Editing | Teresa Caldas | Editor |
| Writing | Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho | Writer |
| Camera | Teresa Caldas | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Maria Paola Porru | Production Manager |
| Camera | Alexandre Gonçalves | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | José Luís Carvalhosa | Cinematography |
| Writing | Robert Kramer | Writer |
| Production | Henrique Espírito Santo | Production Manager |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Jorge Caldas | Electrician |
| Lighting | Constantino Guimarães | Electrician |
| Editing | Manuela Viegas | Editor |
| Writing | Eduardo Lourenço | Writer |
| Writing | Nuno Júdice | Writer |
| Crew | Acácio de Almeida | Cinematography |