ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLOND HAIR GIRL (Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura)

June 4th - 10th:
Fri 6/4: 7, 8:15, 9:30
Sat 6/5: n/a
Sun 6/6: 5:45, 7, 8:15
Mon 6/7: 6:45, 8
Tue 6/8: 5:45
Wed 6/9: 5:45, 7, 8:15, 9:30
Thur 6/10: n/a

"...An immaculately shot dream, that wryly concludes things are much more complex beneath the surface." - Brannavan Gnanalingam, The Lumiere Reader
"This engaging and seemingly simple tale of a young male bookkeeper’s falling in love with the beautiful young blonde next door—all of which unfolds with a perfectly measured narrative pacing—springs a wonderful twist at the end, one which may have something to do with those dangerously misleading stereotypes involving beautiful young blondes." - Dennis West, Cineaste Magazine

Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura
dir. Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal/France/Spain, 2009, 35mm, 63 min

Macário spends an entire train journey to the Algarve talking to a woman he does not know about the trials and tribulations of his love life: straight after starting his first job as a book keeper at his Uncle Francisco's warehouse in Lisbon he falls madly in love with a young blonde, who lives across the road. No sooner does he meet her than he straightaway wants to marry her. His uncle, totally opposed to the match, fires him and kicks him out of the house. Macário departs for Cape Verde where he makes his fortune. When he finally wins his uncle’s approval to marry his beloved, he discovers the “singularity” of his fiancée’s character.


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(In Portuguese)