River of Gold
Encyclopedia
River of Gold is a 1998
Portuguese
drama film
directed by Paulo Rocha
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
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1998 in film
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Portuguese
Cinema of Portugal
Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha is a Portuguese film director. Among his best known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.-Bibliographic references: O Cais do...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni...
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Cast
- Isabel Ruth - Carolina
- Lima DuarteLima DuarteLima Duarte is a Brazilian actor. He has played a number of characters in Brazilian soap operas, such as Zeca Diabo in "O Bem Amado" and Sinhozinho Malta in "Roque Santeiro"...
- António - Joana Bárcia - Mélita
- João Cardoso - Zé dos Ouros
- José Mário Branco - Blindman
- António Capelo - Joaquim
- Filipe Cochofel - João
- António João Rodrigues - Boy
- Alice Silva - Laundry Woman
- Vitalina Beleza - Laundry Woman
- Absinte Abramovici - Laundry Woman
- Joana Mayer - Laundry Woman
- Saguenail - Photographer
- Maria José Marinho - Godmother
- Marco Fernandes - Man
- Pedro Santos - Violin Boy
- Diana Sá - Flower Saleswoman
- João Pedro Bénard