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Luís Madureira was born in Tomar in 1955. Graduated with the Superior Course of Voice by the National Conservatory of Lisbon, in the class of Professor Joana Silva, he continued his studies in London with Professor Peter Harrison, as a scholarship holder of the Secretary of State for Culture. He holds a degree in Music / Variant Canto, from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML). Luis M...
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The story of the CEO of a recently privatized company.
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This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of style, director Manoel de Oliveira from composer João Paes. Musically, it ranges from 19th-century romanticism to popular, modernist and even "post-modernist" styles. In the initially tame story, a host-narrator tells the story of a wedding between the two lovebirds: Viscount d'Aveleda and the beautiful Marguerite. However, what happens in the bridal chamber is incredibly bizarre. The events after that are even stranger, and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.
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