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Xavier Oliveira Monteiro ([[Adriano Luz]]) is a botanical researcher and university professor |
Xavier Oliveira Monteiro ([[Adriano Luz]]) is a botanical researcher and university professor. He lives with his wife, children and a baby grandson in an apartment in the center of [[Lisbon]]. One day Xavier receives news of the death of his uncle, owner of a family manor in a village in the municipality of [[Seia]]. To publish a study on the [[flora]] of Beira Interior, he decides to move with his family to the house. On arriving at the village, he becomes friends with the locals, whom he perceives to be very superstitious and believers in matters related to the occult. At first Xavier tries to ignore it, but strange events with no logical explanation, but coinciding with some local beliefs begin to occur to him and his family. Xavier decides to investigate these beliefs to find some explanation. It is then that Vicente, a former village priest ([[José Pinto (actor)|José Pinto]]) reveals to him something dark and macabre that happened in the past, and which gave rise to a terrible [[curse]] that plagues the village and which is directly related to Xavier and his family. |
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Directed by | Tiago Guedes Frederico Serra |
Starring | Adriano Luz Manuela Couto Sara Carinhas José Afonso Pimentel |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
Blood Curse (Portuguese: Coisa Ruim) is a 2006 Portuguese supernatural horror film directed by Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra, which talks about demonic possession, exploring beliefs, superstitions, skepticism, fears and suspicions, in the context of a small village. It has been considered the first horror feature film from Portugal.
Plot[edit]
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Xavier Oliveira Monteiro (Adriano Luz) is a botanical researcher and university professor. He lives with his wife, children and a baby grandson in an apartment in the center of Lisbon. One day Xavier receives news of the death of his uncle, owner of a family manor in a village in the municipality of Seia. To publish a study on the flora of Beira Interior, he decides to move with his family to the house. On arriving at the village, he becomes friends with the locals, whom he perceives to be very superstitious and believers in matters related to the occult. At first Xavier tries to ignore it, but strange events with no logical explanation, but coinciding with some local beliefs begin to occur to him and his family. Xavier decides to investigate these beliefs to find some explanation. It is then that Vicente, a former village priest (José Pinto) reveals to him something dark and macabre that happened in the past, and which gave rise to a terrible curse that plagues the village and which is directly related to Xavier and his family.
Cast[edit]
Actor/Actress | Character |
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Adriano Luz | Xavier Oliveira Monteiro |
Manuela Couto | Helena Oliveira Monteiro |
Sara Carinhas | Sofia |
José Afonso Pimentel | Rui |
João Santos | Ricardo |
José Pinto | Priest Vicente |
João Pedro Vaz | Priest Cruz |
Elisa Lisboa | Dulce |
Filipe Duarte | Luís |
Gonçalo Waddington | António |
Maria d'Aires | Rosa |
Miguel Borges | Ismael |
Rafaela Santos | Spouse de Ismael |
Sara Barradas | Daughter de Ismael |
Orlando Costa | Mr. Costa |
Reception[edit]
It won the 2006 Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Film.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "GLOBOS DE OURO 2006" (in Portuguese). SIC. Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
External links[edit]
- Blood Curse at IMDb