FEATURE FILMS - 2009/1994
 
 

The Northern Land

 
SINTRA’S ROAD
 
SLEEPWALKING LAND
 
the great bazar
 

GUMS  & NOSES

 
KISS ME
 
Loving Maria
 
MISTS
 
THE JUNGLE
 
LIGHT DROPS
 
DISOBEDIENCE
 
LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT
 
WHEN IT THUNDERS
 
NELIO'S STORY
 
THE JEW
 
THE ANGEL, BICYCLE AND CHINAMAN’S FINGER
 
 
 

The Northern Land
Adaptation of the romance by Agustina Bessa-Luís.

This is the story of Emília de Sousa, the greatest actress on the Portuguese stage at the end of the XIX century, who abandoned her career for several years to marry the rich Madeiran Gaspar de Barros and become the Baroness Madalena do Mar. She was a beautiful as Sissi, the Empress of Austria, with who she socialised in the winter of 1860/61, and she decided to construct a mystery that lasted for four generations and over a century. What does it matter if some gentleman sleeps with a woman? But when someone throws themselves into the sea, that raises several different possibilities.
Might this be love, or just the ashamed gesture of the sublime?

Awards
Critics Honours at Rome Film Festival 2008

Festivals
46th New York Film Festival 2008
Festival do Rio 2008

Director
João Botelho

Drama/Romance
122’
Colour
2009

Title
The Northern Land, 2009
A Corte do Norte

Producer
Filmes de Fundo