The new Testament of Jesus Christ according to John, by Joaquim Pinto and Nuno Leonel
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Modern Collection – Multi Use RoomR. Dr. Nicolau Bettencourt, Lisbon
Talk with Guilherme Gomes (Portuguese only)
The new Testament of Jesus Christ according to John, by Joaquim Pinto & Nuno Leonel
Portugal, 2013, 129’
Original language:Portuguese
Subtitle in English and Portuguese
Translation in Portuguese Sign Language (LGP)
Copy provided by: Presente
Support for film production (post production), in 2013, by the Gulbenkian Programme for the Portuguese Language and Culture/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Synopsis
In Joaquim Pinto and Nuno Leonel’s film , one of Portugal’s most prominent and recognizable performers, Luís Miguel Cintra (a frequent player in the films of Manoel de Oliveira) reads the Gospel of John as images of natural splendor fill the screen. Providing no context outside of the gospel itself and letting the gravel and rhythm of Cintra’s voice take center stage, Pinto and Leonel find a soulful and familiar yet mysterious juxtaposition of words and images.
Joaquim Pinto (Porto,1957). He worked as sound mixer in more than 100 films working with directors such as Manoel de Oliveira, Raul Ruiz, Werner Schroeter and André Techiné. He produced nearly 30 films between 1987 and 1996, namely João César Monteiro’s “Recollections of the Yellow House” and “God’s Comedy”, both awarded at the Venice Film Festival.
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Joint filmography with Nuno Leonel
Fish Tail
103 min. - 2015
End of Quote
89 min. - 2013
The new Testament of Jesus Christ according to John
129 min. - 2013
What now? Remind-me
156 min. - 2013
Pig of a Story
4 min. - 2007
Sol Menor
8 min. - 2007
Com Cuspo e com Jeito se bota no cu do Sujeito
21 min. - 1998
Interview with Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
33 min. – 1998
Surfavela
38 min. - 1996
Schizophrenia (Nuno Leonel)
16 min. - 1995
Para cá dos Montes (Joaquim Pinto)
26 min. - 1993
Santa Maria (Nuno Leonel)
8 min. - 1992
Twin Flames (Joaquim Pinto)
66 min. - 1992
Where the Sun Beats (Joaquim Pinto)
89 min. - 1989
Tall Stories (Joaquim Pinto)
91 min. - 1988
Nuno Leonel (Lisbon, 1969), He did not attend film or art schools, when he turned 16 he started working in films, and has experience working as animator, rostrum operator, set designer, sound recordist and editor, electrician, actor, grip assistant and cinematographer.
(1995) Schizophrenia (cm)
(1992) Santa Maria (cm)
About The Gulbenkian and The Portuguese Cinema III
The intimacy and the country: a desire of a future is the thematic axis of the third edition of the cycle The Gulbenkian and Portuguese Cinema. This year’s Edition presents twelve films, six feature films and six short, and is organised in six sessions , on the weekends of November 30 – December 1,2 and December 7,8 and 9, curated by Francisco Valente (critic and film programmer currently working at Cinemateca Portuguesa)
This cycle presents films that result from the last tem years of support by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, for the production and the international circulation of the Portuguese contemporary cinema.
Next Sessions
Sun, 9 december – 18:30
Damned Summer, by Pedro Cabeleira