THEATER
PREMIERE
A longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, confident of his place in the working class of the borough he calls home. A life that changes when he agrees to welcome home his emigrant cousins. A love affair that exposes a dark family secret and the suspicion, the jealousy and betrayal rapiddly follow in the passional drama by Arthur Miller, written in an era when the MacCarthyism witch hunt was at its peak. Tragedies, betrayal, contradictions, blindness, delations and death. Do alto da ponte is a play of passions that brings the tragedy to New York docks.
CINEMA15th SEPSPECIAL SCREENING / 100 ANOS DE INGMAR BERGMANMÓNICA E O DESEJO (1953)
sat 16h00 | 120 min. (movie + talk) price 4€ // 2,50€ (special discount for those carrying the ticket from the play Do alto da ponte) place IPDJ auditorium (Viseu)+ info and reservations Cine Clube de Viseu
From an invite by Cine Clube de Viseu, Jorge Silva Melo chooses to present "his favourite Bergman".
A longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, confident of his place in the working class of the borough he calls home. A life that changes when he agrees to welcome home his emigrant cousins. A love affair that exposes a dark family secret and the suspicion, the jealousy and betrayal rapiddly follow in the passional drama by Arthur Miller, written in an era when the MacCarthyism witch hunt was at its peak. Tragedies, betrayal, contradictions, blindness, delations and death. Do alto da ponte is a play of passions that brings the tragedy to New York docks.
CINEMA15th SEPSPECIAL SCREENING / 100 ANOS DE INGMAR BERGMANMÓNICA E O DESEJO (1953)
sat 16h00 | 120 min. (movie + talk) price 4€ // 2,50€ (special discount for those carrying the ticket from the play Do alto da ponte) place IPDJ auditorium (Viseu)+ info and reservations Cine Clube de Viseu
From an invite by Cine Clube de Viseu, Jorge Silva Melo chooses to present "his favourite Bergman".
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By Arthur Miller Translation Ana Raquel Fernandes e Rui Pina Coelho With Américo Silva, Joana Bárcia, Vânia Rodrigues, António Simão, Bruno Vicente, André Loubet, Tiago Matias, Hugo Tourita, Gonçalo Carvalho, João Estima, Hélder Braz, Inês Pereira, Romeu Vala and Miguel Galamba Scenography and stage clothing Rita Lopes Alves Light Pedro Domingos Sound André Pires Production João Meireles Assistant to the director Nuno Gonçalo Rodrigues and Inês Pereira Stage director Jorge Silva Melo
Photo Jorge Gonçalves
Photo Jorge Gonçalves