A Severa (film)

A Severa
Poster for the film
Directed byJosé Leitão de Barros
Written byJúlio Dantas
J. Bernard Brunius
René Clair
StarringDina Teresa
António Luis Lopes
Antonio Lavradio
Ribeiro Lopes
CinematographySalazar Dinis
Paul Guichard
Music byFrederico de Freitas
Distributed byImaginação
Video e Televisão
Lisvendas Audio e Video
Release date
  • 17 July 1931 (1931-07-17)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

A Severa (lit. 'The stern/grave one') is a 1931 Portuguese film directed by Leitão de Barros. It is the first Portuguese talking film.[1] A biopic of the fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana,[2] known as A Severa, it is based on a play by Júlio Dantas.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Paris.[4]

Legacy

A severa was included in the film series for the New Babilonians. Crossing the Border exhibition, curated by Pedro G. Romero, which took place at the Galeria Municipal do Porto in September-November 2021.[5] A Severa was part of the 2023 "A Brief History of Portuguese Cinema" screenings in Setúbal.[6]

References

  1. ^ Creekmur, Corey (1 January 2012). International Film Musical. Edinburgh University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7486-3478-1.
  2. ^ "FORUM MUNICIPAL LUÍSA TODI – SETÚBAL, SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 2 DE OUTUBRO, DE 2023 - 21H00" (PDF). FLT.
  3. ^ Cajão, Luís (1973). O salto de cavalo (in Portuguese). Edições Ágora.
  4. ^ Aitken, Ian (4 January 2013). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. p. 734. ISBN 978-1-136-51206-3.
  5. ^ "Pedro G. Romero: Os Novos Babilónios — Atravessar a Fronteira & Filipe Marques: Pandemic — I Don't Know Karate, but I Know Ka-Razor!". Contemporânea.
  6. ^ "A SEVERA".
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