Cântico Final (1975)
Mário Gonçalves, a high school teacher threatened with death due to cancer, spends the last days of his life in the village where he was born, in the heart of Serra da Estrela. There, he expresses his talent as a painter in the intimate decoration of an abandoned chapel. This is also the twilight hour of rebellious memories: love and precariousness, choices and contingency, perennial dissatisfaction...
Director:
Manuel Guimarães
Writer:
Manuel Guimarães
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Ruy de Carvalho as Mário Gonçalves |
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Ana Zanatti as Guida |
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Benjamim Falcão as Rebelo |
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Simone de Oliveira as Paula |
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Rui Luís as |
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Curado Ribeiro as Dr. Cipriano |
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Varela Silva as Dr. Beirão |
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Maria Olguim as D. Ana |
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João de Carvalho as Priest |
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Maria Schultz as Mário's mother |
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Eduardo Colombo as |
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David Silva as Félix |
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João Maria Tudela as Matos |
| Camera | Abel Escoto | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Manuel Guimarães | Screenplay |
| Editing | Dórdio Guimarães | Editor |
| Sound | Joly Braga Santos | Music |
| Production | Benjamim Falcão | Associate Producer |
| Production | Manuel Guimarães | Producer |
| Writing | Vergílio Ferreira | Novel |
| Editing | Manuel Guimarães | Editor |
| Production | Constante Marques | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Manuel Guimarães | Director |