Where is This Street? or With no Before and After
Original Title
Onde Fica Esta Rua?- Director: João Rui Guerra da Mata, João Pedro Rodrigues
- Producer: Frédéric Bellaïche, João Gusmão, João Matos, João Pedro Rodrigues, Vincent Wang
CGiii Comment
Revisiting locations from Paulo Rocha’s 1963 Cinema Novo movement classic The Green Years, Rodrigues and collaborator Joa¯o Rui Guerra da Mata discover a Lisbon mostly emptied of its inhabitants (primarily due to the pandemic), and where the city’s infrastructure and setting – its buildings and surrounding landscape – take on their own character. Featuring acclaimed actress Isabel Ruth in delicious song sequences, an evocative soundtrack by Rodrigues’ usual collaborator, the cellist Séverine Ballon, and a playful camera, Where Is This Street? unfurls as an immersive experiment in cinematic language. Whether it is viewed on its own, or in conjunction with The Green Years, it will likely inspire a variety of meanings and interpretations. Above all, it is a glorious homage to a city and the art of cinema.
Laure Bonville
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Cast & Characters
Isabel Ruth