Gestures and Fragments (1983)

7.0/10 90 min Documentary

Overview

"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures & Fragments", sums up the spirit of the film, based on three points of view on the same theme: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and Eduardo Lourenço, in their own roles, and the one played by Robert Kramer, as an American journalist bent on seeking explanations for the process of the Portuguese Revolution.

Cast

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Himself

Robert Kramer

American journalist

Jorge Silva Melo

American journalist (voice)

Zita Duarte

Woman on a river boat (voice)

Luís Miguel Cintra

Armando (voice)

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