In the Midst of the End of the World: António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro
Courtisane and Sabzian proudly present a new publication dedicated to the cinema of Portuguese filmmakers António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. Following Courtisane’s multiple programmes dedicated to the filmmakers’ work, In the Midst of the End of the World: António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro gathers a selection of texts, many of which are available in English for the first time. It also includes interviews with Cordeiro and Reis conducted throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, which map the filmmakers’ conception of art, film, and their own practice. This archival record is complemented by more recent sources, which provide a distanced, historical assessment of their work, as well as newly commissioned critical texts and a smattering of poems and literary fragments featured in their films.
António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro created one of the most singular bodies of work in the history of Portuguese cinema, deeply influencing its development. Made between 1974 and 1989, their films deal with rural communities, rituals, and landscapes, blending reality, fiction, ethnography and poetry into a lyrical evocation of the northeastern Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes, known for its cultural, natural, and political specificities.
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