Festival of the Boys

Directed by Pierre Primetens
Produced by Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Genres : Documentary - Runtime : 57 min
Production year : 2011

Director

Pierre
Primetens

Synopsis

For a few years now, Aveleda, small village in the north-east of Portugal, is dying.Nevertheless, at the time of the winter solstice, the single young boys who live and work in the nearby city of Bragança, but also in Porto, Lisbon and abroad, come back. They come to celebrate the village and its ancestors, by immortalizing an initiation rite at man's age: to Festa dos Rapazes.

Production photos (1)

Festival of the Boys

Production and distribution

Associate production company : Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Foreign production company : Filmes do Tejo

Full credits

Executive Producer : François d'Artemare
Screenwriters : Pierre Primetens, Irene Dos Santos
Foreign Producer : Maria João Mayer
Director of Photography : Benjamin Serero
Sound Recordist : Olivier Blanc
Production Manager : Clémentine Mourao-Ferreira
Editors : Pierre Primetens, Catherine Boutaud
Sound Editor : Alexandre Hecker
Sound Mixer : Christophe Vingtrinier

Technical details

Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Portrait, Fairy tale
Themes : Adolescence, Emigration, Ethnography, Monde rural, Traditions
Production language : Portuguese
Nationality : Majority French (France, Portugal)
Production year : 2011
Runtime : 57 min
Visa number : 124.221
Visa issue date : 14/12/2010
Production formats : HDV
Screening format : DigiBeta
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Sound format : Stereo