HORSE MONEY
CAVALHO DINHEIRO
Portugal | 2014 | 104 min
The return of Ventura, the man who in Juventude em marcha would wander among the remains of the Fontainhas neighbourhood. As often happens with Pedro Costa’s characters, Ventura returns because the cinema of the Portuguese film director is increasingly about time intended as a wound, as a disease that affects the bodies, those that accompany the time of cinema, film after film. This is the case with Ventura, who emerges from a nondescript space and finds himself in a mental hospital. It is here that a journey made of stories and visions begins, with images from the past and ghosts that keep on coming back. What does Ventura perceive? His own present time in the aseptic psychiatric institute or the past, the carnation revolution, the violence of that period? And what’s the difference between that violence and the cold questioning conducted by the doctor offscreen? What remains is that which is more significant: the face and body of Ventura who gets older film after film, carrying the merciless mark of time. (d.d.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 10 Nov 2023
- Time: 12:45
Location
- Cinema La Compagnia - Via Camillo Cavour, 50/R, 50121 Florence
Organizer
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Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa is one of the most important directors in contemporary Portuguese cinema. Born in 1959, he studied history and art history at the University of Lisbon before starting to work as an assistant director for some of the most prominent Portuguese directors, including João César Monteiro and André Téchiné. His career as a director began in 1989 with the film O Sangue, presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section. Since then, he has directed numerous films that have been screened at major international festivals such as the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival. His film In Vanda's Room (2000) won the FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected to represent Portugal at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. With his subsequent films Colossal Youth (2006), Horse Money (2014), and Vitalina Varela (2019), Costa continued to work with the same non-professional actors who live in a poor neighborhood of Fontainhas in Lisbon. His work has received numerous awards worldwide, including the Best Film award for Vitalina Varela and the Best Director award for Horse Money at the Locarno Film Festival. Costa is known for his unique aesthetic, which often relies on long static shots and a creative use of light and shadow, for his attention to detail and composition.
