Panels of Porto

Panels of Porto

1963 · 20 min · ★ 6.3 · Documentary

Made by commission of the Porto City Council, 'Painéis do Porto' is a visual essay on the city, gathering sequences filmed between the river and downtown, commented with the reading of poems by authors like Vasco de Lima Couto, Egito Gonçalves, Rosália de Castro, Pedro Homem de Mello, Fernando Pessoa, and António Reis himself, with music by Francisco Rebelo.

Directed by António Reis

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