Film / 2015

The Portrait

Name: The Portrait
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-03-06
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Sandra Faleiro, Bruno Bravo, Paulo Pinto, António Mortágua, Carolina Salles

Directed by Eduardo Breda

Documentary

A group of actors interpret the words of Basil, Lord Henry, Dorian Gray, Sibyl Vane and James Vane, from the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Next to them are the Butlers - figures that compose the scenic space, essentially empty. In this adaptation of a literary work to the scene, the actors struggle with the movement of the words and their suitability for the drama. This film, instead of portraying the …

The story

A group of actors interpret the words of Basil, Lord Henry, Dorian Gray, Sibyl Vane and James Vane, from the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Next to them are the Butlers - figures that compose the scenic space, essentially empty.
In this adaptation of a literary work to the scene, the actors struggle with the movement of the words and their suitability for the drama.
This film, instead of portraying the show creation process, sought a view from afar in order to enhance a point of view on the borders between art and life.