GEBO AND THE SHADOW
synopsis
Gebo lives with his wife and his daughter in law, his only son’s wife, in a humble house. Their son has been silent in a while, to the mother’s despair. The father suspects his son is devoting himself to not so commendable activities, but he does what he can to keep it from his wife. The daughter-inlaw takes care of them as if they were their own parents. Nonetheless, she waits for her husband. Suddenly one night the son shows up. The mother believes in his return, but the father has no illusions. Intentionally or not, the father doesn’t hide the colossal amount of money he’s been keeping, belonging to the company in which he works as the treasurer. His son shamelessly steals from him. The father has no choice and keeps from his wife their son’s fraud against his employer...
international title: | Gebo And The Shadow |
original title: | O Gebo e a Sombra |
country: | Portugal, France |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Manoel de Oliveira |
film run: | 91' |
release date: | FR 26/09/2012, PT 11/10/2012, IT 26/06/2014 |
screenplay: | Manoel de Oliveira |
cast: | Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau, Michael Lonsdale, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra |
cinematography by: | Renato Berta |
film editing: | Valérie Loiseleux |
art director: | Christian Marti |
costumes designer: | Adelaide Maria Trêpa |
producer: | Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Luís Urbano |
production: | O Som e a Fúria |
backing: | Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Île de France |
distributor: | Epicentre Films, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais (NOS Audiovisuais), Mediaplex Italia |