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The Sound of the Shaking Earth

The Sound of the Shaking Earth

Oct 22, 1990 · 1h 33m

Rated 6.9 out of 10

Director

Rita Azevedo Gomes

Overview

Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the breath of frost. The poem by Carlos Queiroz to which the above sentences belong is not cited in 'O som da Terra a Tremer', but the atmosphere is that, between written letters never received. Fiction within fiction, stories within stories, like those Chinese boxes in which there is always one inside another. Or the two margins of the same river, always being lateral.

About The Sound of the Shaking Earth

What is The Sound of the Shaking Earth about?

Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the breath of frost. The poem by Carlos Queiroz to which the above sentences belong is not cited in 'O som da Terra a Tremer', but the atmosphere is that, between written letters never received. Fiction within fiction, stories within stories, like those…

When was The Sound of the Shaking Earth released?

The Sound of the Shaking Earth was released on October 22, 1990.

How long is The Sound of the Shaking Earth?

The Sound of the Shaking Earth runs 1 hour 33 minutes (93 minutes).

Who directed The Sound of the Shaking Earth?

The Sound of the Shaking Earth was directed by Rita Azevedo Gomes.

Who is in the cast of The Sound of the Shaking Earth?

The cast of The Sound of the Shaking Earth includes José Mário Branco (Alberto), Manuela de Freitas (Isabel), Miguel Gonçalves Mendes (Luciano), Sara Marques (Girl) and Miguel Simão (Cipriana).

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