Portugal d/ Miguel Gomes
Gomes and his film crew drive around a resort area in August and record what the people do there during their vacations. Sounds stupid (and some is) but there are moments in this film which were startling, brilliant, head-snapping...
Some scenes were staged...it was difficult telling which...but that didn't matter. Fascinating portrait of a people of a certain class at a certain time. Tons of banal pop/karaoke by a shifting, mind-bending cast of musicians who looked suspiciously alike. Also scenes which break the fourth wall showing the problems making a film in public, players grousing about the shoot, wannabees trying to join in...
Unique, oddly satisfying. This guy is someone to watch.
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