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 | Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho | Writer |
| Writing | Eduardo Lourenço | Writer |
| Writing | Robert Kramer | Writer |
| Writing | Nuno Júdice | Writer |
| Writing | Alberto Seixas Santos | Writer |
| Production | Alberto Seixas Santos | Producer |
| Crew | José Luís Carvalhosa | Cinematography |
| Crew | Acácio de Almeida | Cinematography |
| Editing | Teresa Caldas | Editor |
| Editing | Manuela Viegas | Editor |
| Production | Henrique Espírito Santo | Production Manager |
| Production | Maria Paola Porru | Production Manager |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Jorge Caldas | Electrician |
| Camera | Teresa Caldas | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Constantino Guimarães | Electrician |
| Camera | Alexandre Gonçalves | Assistant Camera |