The Invention of Love (A Invenção do Amor). 1965. Directed by António Campos People of Vieira Beach (Gente da Praia de Vieira). 1976. Directed by António Campos

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People of Vieira Beach (Gente da Praia de Vieira). 1964. Portugal. Directed by António Campos. Courtesy Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema

The Invention of Love (A Invenção do Amor). 1965. Portugal. Directed by António Campos. Screenplay by Daniel Filipe. With Maria Carolina, Quiné, Manuel Catarro. 4K digital restoration by Cinemateca Portuguesa; courtesy Cinemateca Portuguesa. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 29 min.

People of Vieira Beach (Gente da Praia de Vieira). 1976. Portugal. Directed by António Campos. 4K digital restoration by Cinemateca Portuguesa; courtesy Cinemateca Portuguesa. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 73 min.

What first seems to be a sci-fi story set among Lisbon’s modern architectural spaces soon turns into a political film about a totalitarian regime pursuing a couple for the crime of falling in love. Before becoming one of the world’s most influential ethnographic filmmakers, António Campos made The Invention of Love (influenced by Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville), a short that sparked interest from François Truffaut, among others. In People of Vieira Beach, Campos returns to his native region to capture coastal traditions amid new migration movements, creating fictional reenactments of local life and bringing a new ethnographic perspective to Portuguese post-revolutionary cinema.

This film accompanies The Ongoing Revolution of Portuguese Cinema.

Past events

Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Fri, Oct 18, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

With an introduction by José Manuel Costa

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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