A film by Miguel Gomes. "Redemption" celebrated its premiere in the official selection of the Venice International Film Festival – Out of Competition
On January 21st 1975, in a village in the north of Portugal, a child writes to his parents who are in Angola to tell them how sad Portugal is. On July 13th 2011, in Milan, an old man remembers his first love. On May 6th 2012, in Paris, a man tells his baby daughter that he will never be a real father. During a wedding ceremony on September 3rd 1977 in Leipzig, the bride battles against a Wagner opera that she can’t get out of her head.
But where and when have these four poor devils begun searching for redemption?
O Som e a Fúria (Portugal) in co-production with Le Fresnoy - Studio National Des Arts Contemporains (France), Komplizen Film (Germany), Okta Film and HFilms (Italy), ZDF/Arte; funded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg; in collaboration with Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu Do Cinema, Istituto Luce – Cinecittà, RTP and Fuori Orario - Rai Tre.
With the voices of
Jaime Pereira, Donatello Brida, Jean-Pierre Rehm and Maren Ade
Directed by
Miguel Gomes
Texts by
Miguel Gomes
Mariana Teixeira
Editing
João Nicolau
Miguel Gomes
Mariana Ricardo
with the participation of the students of Le Fresnoy – Promotion Raoul Ruiz / Promotion Chris Marker
Sound Design
Miguel Martins
Associate Producers
Meinolf Zurhorst (ZDF/Arte)
Catherine Colas (ZDF/Arte)
Daniela Cattaneo Diaz (hfilms)
Production Managers
Luís Urbano, Bertrand Scalabre
Producer
Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar (O Som e a Fúria)
Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)
Paolo Benzi (Faber Film)
Venedig International Film Festival 2013
Official Program, Out of Competition
Toronto International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
New York International Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia
Mostra de São Paulo
Jilhava International Film Festival
Viennale International Film Festival
Sevila International Film Festival
CPH:DOX
La Roche Sur Yon International Fil Festival
Montréal International Documentary Film Festival
Museum of the Moving Image New York
Muestra de Cine Europeo de Lanzarote
Madeira Micro International Film Festival
Oslo International Film Festival
Human Rights Film Festival Zagreb
Black Movie International Film Festival Geneva
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Ficunam
Courtisane Film Festival
Festival International de Cine Murcia
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Next Film Festival
Istanbul International Film Festival
Festival International de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona
Jeonju International Film Festival
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
Midnight Sun Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS
