Film review: 'The Seasons' blends history and landscape in rural Portugal
The Guardian reviews Maureen Fazendeiro's debut feature, which combines archival material with present-day footage of the Alentejo region.
The Guardian has published a review of The Seasons, a debut feature film by director Maureen Fazendeiro set in Portugal's rural Alentejo region.
According to the review, the film combines present-day footage of the landscape with archival material, including wartime letters from German archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner.
The Guardian described the film as blending historical and geographical themes through its visual style, distinguishing it from more conventional environmental documentaries.
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- The Seasons review – Portuguese pastoral offers poetic excavation of myth and mapping — The Guardian — Culture
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