Brandos Costumes

Brandos Costumes (1974) is a Portuguese film directed by Alberto Seixas Santos which was a part of the Novo Cinema movement – influenced by the cinematographic neo-realism and specially by the Nouvelle Vague. It was released in 1975, when the political regime portrayed in the film (the Estado Novo) had already been destroyed. The film was released in Cinema Londres, in Lisbon, on September 18, 1975. Overview Script: Alberto Seixas Santos, Luísa Neto Jorge, Nuno Júdice Director: Alberto Seixas Santos Production: Centro Português de Cinema (CPC) and Tóbis Portuguesa Financed by: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Shooting dates: March 1972, October 1973, finished in 1974 Archive footage: Cinemateca Nacional, Emissora Nacional Film extracts: A Revolução de Maio, Chaimite Format: 35mm Genre: fiction (social drama) Duration: 72’ Length: 1978 meters Distributor: Marfilmes (currently), Filmes Castello Lopes (on release date) Release date: Cinema Londres, in Lisbon, on September 18, 1975 International English Titles: Gentle Costume, Gentle Morals, Mild Manners Synopsis A portrait of the everyday life of a typical middle-class family in parallel with the fall of the Estado Novo, the 48-year dictatorship led by Salazar. The daughters' conflicts and frustrations with their parents, their grandmother and their maid find an obvious echo in the country's collective events. The Carnation Revolution is about to explode.