Ala-Arriba! (film)

Ala-Arriba! (film)

Infobox Film
name = Ala-Arriba!


image_size = 80px
imdb_id = 0034439
writer = Alfredo Cortez,
Augusto de Santa-Ritta (poems)
starring = Domingos Gonçalves,
Elsa Bela-Flor,
Luís Pinto,
Maria Mesquita (Olguim),
Madalena Vilaça
director = José Leitão de Barros
producer = Tobis Portuguesa
distributor = Internacional Filmes,
Sonoro Filme
released = September 15, 1942
runtime = 84 min.
language = Portuguese
music = Ruy Coelho
awards = 1942 Biennale Cup – Venice Film Festival
budget =

"Ala-Arriba!" is a 1942 Portuguese romantic docufiction set in Póvoa de Varzim, a traditional Portuguese fishing town.

Dealing with ethnographic matters, it may be considered as an ethnofiction. The film was directed by Leitão de Barros, and stars real fishermen as themselves in order to give a realistic view over traditions and social behaviours of the community. Focusing the cultural context, it continuously shifts from documentary to drama, by means of a fictional narrative. Contemporary to Robert Flaherty, Barros is with him one of the first filmmakers to explore docufiction and ethnofiction as forms of dramatic narrative.

ynopsis

It focuses on maritime tragedy of the town and a forbidden love between Julha (Elsa Bela-Flor) and João Moço (Domingos Gonçalves), from different fisher castes, in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed [ [http://www.amordeperdicao.pt/basedados_filmes.asp?FilmeID=114 Ala-Arriba] - Amor de Perdição] and dating without parent's assent was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.

Historical background

The script of Ala-Arriba! was written by the prestigious Alfredo Cortez, based on the book "O Poveiro" by António dos Santos Graça, focusing the cultural aspects of the town. [ [http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/cvc/cinema/filmes49.html 1942 - ALA-ARRIBA!] - Instituto Camões]

The film was financed by SPN ("Secretariado da Propaganda Nacional" – National Propaganda Bureau) of the "Ministério das Obras Públicas" (Ministry of Public Works) during the "Estado Novo" period. The town was seen, by the regime, as an example of Portuguese culture. It premiered in São Luis Theatre in Lisbon. Ala-Arriba! was the first Portuguese film to win an international award – The Biennale Cup in Venice. [ [http://www.cinemaportugues.net/cinema/filmes.asp?id=847&lang= Ala-Arriba!] - Cinema Português]

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