“The Movement of Things” (1985) - Dir. Manuela Serra

+ Introduction by Olivia Glaze

Genesis Cinema - 3 December - 21.00h - (TBC)

https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/93143

The Movement of Things [O Movimento das Coisas, 1985] is an undisputed if gently understated masterpiece by Manuela Serra, recording the rhythms of daily life in a rural community in Lanheses, in Portugal's northern region of Minho. Sensitively framing its subjects in their fields, farms and households, Serra's minutely observed film follows the course of a single, typical day.  Completed against considerable logistical odds, it was commercially released only in 2021, thirty-six years after Serra finished making it. The film captures a slow-paced world on the verge of disappearing as well as testifying eloquently to the difficulties faced by Portuguese women filmmakers in the 1970s and 1980s. 

Introduction by Olivia Glaze - Research Assistant at the University of Exeter and an MHRA Languages and Policy Postdoctoral Researcher at UCFL (University Council for Languages)

This screening is co-funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant, U.K., Leading Women in Spanish and Portuguese Film and Television, 1970-1980