The Sound of the Shaking Earth (1990)
Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the breath of frost. The poem by Carlos Queiroz to which the above sentences belong is not cited in 'O som da Terra a Tremer', but the atmosphere is that, between written letters never received. Fiction within fiction, stories within stories, like those Chinese boxes in which there is always one inside another. Or the two margins of the same river, always being lateral.
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 93 min
Release Date: October 22, 1990
Cast
- José Mário Branco - Alberto
- Manuela de Freitas - Isabel
- Miguel Gonçalves Mendes - Luciano
- Sara Marques - Girl
- Miguel Simão - Cipriana
- Miguel Simão - Cipriano
- Jean-Pierre Tailhade - Jean-Pierre
- Conceição Guerra - Maria
- Paulo Rocha - Hostel Doorman
- Francisco Marinho - Sailor
Screenplay
Cinematography: Acácio de Almeida
Editing: Manuela Viegas
Production: RTP, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Inforfilmes, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC)
Country: Portugal
Language: Português
Original Language: pt
More Films by Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes
More Films in Genre: Drama
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Sound of the Shaking Earth about?
- Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the breath of frost. The poem by Carlos Queiroz to which the above sentences belong is not cited in 'O som da Terra a Tremer', but the atmosphere is that, between written letters never received. Fiction within fiction, stories within stories, like those Chinese boxes in which there is always one inside another. Or the two margins of the same river, always being lateral.
- Who directed The Sound of the Shaking Earth?
- The Sound of the Shaking Earth was directed by Rita Azevedo Gomes.
- Who stars in The Sound of the Shaking Earth?
- The Sound of the Shaking Earth stars José Mário Branco, Manuela de Freitas, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, Sara Marques, Miguel Simão, Miguel Simão.
- How long is The Sound of the Shaking Earth?
- The Sound of the Shaking Earth has a runtime of 1h 33m (93 minutes).
- What genre is The Sound of the Shaking Earth?
- The Sound of the Shaking Earth is a Drama film.
- Where was The Sound of the Shaking Earth produced?
- The Sound of the Shaking Earth was produced in Portugal.