José Saramago
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Biography: José de Sousa Saramago was a Portugese author and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Azinhaga, Santarém, Portugal
Birthday: November 16, 1922
Deathday: June 18, 2010
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Gender: Male
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Janela da Alma
Overview: Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world. Unusual images, of burning trees or empty deserts, link the interviews, which vary from deep to funny to poetic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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José & Pilar
Overview: A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, and his wife, Pilar del Río. The film shows their whirlwind life of international travel, his passion for completing his masterpiece "The Elephant's Journey", and how their love quietly sustains them throughout.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-10-18
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The Biggest Flower in the World
Overview: Reflections on childhood, individualism and existentialism in the form of visual poetry.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-05-06
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A Meeting with Milton Santos
Overview: The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the debate about Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. Santos discusses his views on the importance of respecting difference and his belief that an alternative globalisation model could wholly enfranchise all citizens of the world. An illustrious presence in 20th century social sciences, the man dubbed as ‘geography’s philosopher’ eloquently elucidates a developing world perspective on the global age.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-08-17
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Santa María de Iquique, cien años después
Overview: A young writer moves to a new town on 21 December 2007. Among the moving boxes is a disc containing his father's legacy. One of these disks is the Cantata Santa Maria de Iquique Luis Advis Quilapayun interpreted by the group. The Cantata heard as a group of different personalities from the world of culture are telling us, tell us, "what history will not remember" their experiences, their impressions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-24
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Língua - Vidas em Português
Overview: Documentary about the Portuguese language, and people who speak it around the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-10-07
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Saramago: Documentos
Overview: About the Portuguese author José Saramago, based on a long interview with the writer at his home on the island of Lanzarote, in which he analyzes his work and shares his reflection on some aspects of his personal life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-02-07
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El Quijote desde la platea
Overview: How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has been depicted in cinema, television, cartoons, theater, opera, ballet and other artistic disciplines. An adventure that began more than four hundred years ago in the pages of a book and is far from coming to an end.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-04-22
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Azinhaga
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Luiz Pacheco - Mais um Dia de Noite
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
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José Saramago: Memorial do Convento
Overview: Documentary about the life and work of the writer José Saramago, with particular emphasis on the historical context and the importance of his novel "Memorial do Convento", based on archival images and testimonies by several personalities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-23
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José Saramago: Raised from the Ground
Overview: José Saramago, the Portuguese writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the greatest references in Portuguese literature. In this documentary, with the title of one of his most emblematic works, we are taken to cover part of his life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Words of Truth
Overview: The documentary looks in the life and work of Mario Benedetti, especially in his poetic work, the keys to an illustrious Montevideo. A man who has had to live several exiles and has received all the awards that this world can give. But above all, the affection of an unconditional, massive and faithful audience that follows him everywhere and pampers him every day with their applause and reading. A sad childhood, a youth full of work and reading, and a maturity full of commitments marked Benedetti. His work testifies the history, that which only artists can tell.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-09-24
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