Marking a stylistically and philosophically turn away from the earlier features, The Sand Rose is Reis and Cordeiro’s most abstract, conceptual and literary work. The film’s collage structure gathers texts from multiple sources – including Kafka and Montaigne – and crafts a world of theatrical artifice far from the documentary inspired naturalism of Ana and Trás-os-Montes. Reis and Cordeiro’s least known film has lingered in obscurity and never recovered from the unfairly negative reviews that resulted in its severely limited release. Reis died less than two years later, just as he and Cordeiro were about to begin an ambitious adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Parámo. - Harvard Film Archive
Genre: Drama
Stars: Francisco Nascimento, Ana Umbelina, Balbina Ferro, Cristina de Jesus
Crew: Margarida Cordeiro (Director), António Reis (Screenplay), Margarida Cordeiro (Screenplay), José Mazeda (Producer), Acácio de Almeida (Producer), Acácio de Almeida (Director of Photography)
Country: Portugal
Language: Français, Português
Studio: Inforfilmes
Runtime: 87 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 18, 1989
IMDb: 1.8
Keywords:woman director
