Who is Bárbara Virgínia?
Director Luísa Sequeira
Countries Portugal
Duration 77 min
Synopsis
The motto for this session is Quem é Bárbara Virgínia?, by Luísa Sequeira, on the first woman to direct a film in Portugal, in the 1940s, who was also the first Portuguese to compete with a film at Cannes, in 1946 – Três Dias sem Deus, of which 26 silent minutes are left. Aldeia dos Rapazes, about an institution providing foster care for children, opens the session.
The motto for this session is Quem é Bárbara Virgínia?, by Luísa Sequeira, on the first woman to direct a film in Portugal, in the 1940s, who was also the first Portuguese to compete with a film at Cannes, in 1946 – Três Dias sem Deus, of which 26 silent minutes are left. Aldeia dos Rapazes, about an institution providing foster care for children, opens the session.