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Tabu (2012)

Directed by Miguel Gomes

Drama

Most recently watched by leiabox

Overview

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

Rated NR | Length 120 minutes

Actors

Teresa Madruga | Laura Soveral | Ana Moreira | Henrique Espírito Santo | Carloto Cotta | Isabel Muñoz Cardoso | Ivo Müller | Manuel Mesquita | Telmo Churro | Miguel Gomes | Hortêncílio Aquina | Américo Mota | Valentim Hortêncílio | Artur Januário | Mariana Ricardo | Maya Kosa | Vítor Manuel | Cândido Ferreira | Maria José Ricardo | Joana Cunha Ferreira | Araceli Fuente Basconcillos | Vasco Pimentel | Paulo Amorim | Luís Gaspar | Paulo Seabra | Domingos Mário | Claudina José | Samira Latifo | Judite Evaristo | Anatérsia Fernando | Geremias Bartolomeu | Rosário Afonso | Bruno Lourenço | Bruno Duarte | Celso Júnior | Jacinto Valter | Gilberto Rosário | Guido Maleia | Filimone Sabão | Amaral Inácio Coelho | Bernardo Máquina | Afonso Gonçalves | Patrício Mobrica | Carlos Mutxopuanha | Virgílio Pedro | Donna Meirelles | Lisa Persson | Joaquim Carvalho | João Oliveira | Matteo Morandini | Gabriela Gutierrez | Cláudia Esteves | Duarte Caires | Jorge Santos | Célia Oliveira | Patrick Mendes | Nando Samuel | Rosa Ernesto | Cristina Fermino | Madalena Felizardo | Lídia Felizardo | Joaquina José

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Viewing Notes

Tabu is an ode to F.W. Murnau’s last film of the same name, with a similar plot. There are lots of nods to 1920’s era filmmaking here, including the aspect ratio (the traditional 1.37:1), mostly static black and white cinematography, and the second half’s silent film style.

A pretty straightforward story laid out slowly in two parts, a bit languid at time, but that allows you to study the beautiful cinematography and slow your own pace down to match that of the film’s.

This is another indie that screened as part of CU’s International Film Series that I missed. Would have loved to seen this on the big screen, sad I missed it now.

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