Day of Despair
1992 French film
- 30 October 1992 (1992-10-30)
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Portugal
Day of Despair (Portuguese: O Dia do Desespero) is a 1992 Portuguese drama film based on the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco. It was directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]
Cast
- Mário Barroso as Camilo Castelo Branco
- Teresa Madruga as Ana Plácido
- Luís Miguel Cintra as Freitas Fortuna
- Diogo Dória as Dr. Edmundo Magalhães
Reception
The film has been considered "unjustly overlooked and underrated".[3]
See also
- List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
- Day of Despair at IMDb
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Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira
- Douro, Faina Fluvial
- Aniki-Bóbó
- The Artist and the City
- Rite of Spring
- The Hunt
- Past and Present
- Benilde or the Virgin Mother
- Doomed Love
- Francisca
- The Satin Slipper
- My Case
- The Cannibals
- No, or the Vain Glory of Command
- The Divine Comedy
- Day of Despair
- Abraham's Valley
- The Box
- The Convent
- Party
- Voyage to the Beginning of the World
- Anxiety
- The Letter
- Word and Utopia
- I'm Going Home
- Porto of My Childhood
- The Uncertainty Principle
- A Talking Picture
- The Fifth Empire
- Magic Mirror
- Belle Toujours
- Christopher Columbus – The Enigma
- Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
- The Strange Case of Angelica
- Gebo and the Shadow
- The Old Man of Belem
- Visit or Memories and Confessions
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