Festival of the Boys

A Short film of

Pierre Primetens

Produced by

Les Films de l'Après-Midi

Production year2011

Runtime57 min

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.

Credits

Director (1)

Pierre Primetens
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Les Films de l'Après-Midi

Foreign production company : Filmes do Tejo

Full credits (9)

Executive Producer : François D'Artemare

Screenwriters : Pierre Primetens, Irene Dos Santos

Director of Photography : Benjamin Serero

Editors : Pierre Primetens, Catherine Boutaud

Sound Recordist : Olivier Blanc

Foreign producer : Maria João Mayer

Production manager : Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira

Sound Editor : Alexandre Hecker

Sound Mixer : Christophe Vingtrinier

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Portrait, Fairy tale
Themes : Adolescence, Emigration, Ethnography, Monde rural, Traditions
Production language : Portuguese
Coproducer countries : France, Portugal
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (France, Portugal)
Production year : 2011
Runtime : 57 min
Visa number : 124.221
Visa issue date : 14/12/2010
Production formats : HDV
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

Selections (1)

Troia International Film Festival
Portugal, 2011
Compétition l'homme et son environnement

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