Terry Gilliam film to benefit from new Portuguese tax incentive

Original Link: https://goo.gl/6D9tc6
Chosen & Translated by: Badriah.
Revised by: Luisa.

I was struggling to find new topics for this blog when I came across this article. This topic might be controversial for some people and that is why I decided to translate it. There is a big discussion on whether this initiative is helping or harming Portugal. In my honest opinion, tax breaks on the rich always had the same excuse "boosting economy, creating jobs, bringing investments" which I do not necessary agree with. Maybe this case is different since its promoting Portugal and its culture. Only time will tell if this is a good initiative or not. I just wish there were bigger promotion for Portuguese films and film makers.

In this sense, Manoel de Oliveira could be considered the only one among several directors who is distant from the Portuguese public.

Orignial Source: https://goo.gl/K4kfY9
Chosen by: Daniela & Luisa.
Translated by: Badriah.
Revised by: Luisa.

I decided to translate an article about Manoel de Oliveira (a topic Daniela & Luisa have suggested before) because of his importance in Portuguese Cinema. I remember attending a tribute done by the University of Toronto to Manoel de Oliveira's work and that is when I discovered the genius director. I think it is important to talk about him in our blog so movie lovers can get to know his work. The first work from him that I have seen was Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo, but he directed more than 63 movies, so out readers can pick and choose.

J.K. Rowling lived in Porto for 18 months before moving back to the UK (George Rose/Getty Images)

The Lello’s staircase is the main attraction of the library, which opened its doors in 1906.

The Gardens of Palácio de Cristal are located in Massarelos, Porto. (Amin Chaar / Global Imagens)

Some say that it was in these gardens that J.K. Rowling found the inspiration to create the forbidden forest. It might be a bit farfetched, but it’s still a nice thought.

Original Source: https://goo.gl/Nm8Vgy
Chosen & Translated by: Luisa.
Revised by: Badriah.

The Harry potter franchise was an instant success in Portugal, maybe the most recognizable one by the Portuguese people. Our generation grew up watching it, ever since it’s childhood days. These films are rerun on Christmas, Easter, and every time there’s an opportunity for Portuguese TV to show it. And not surprisingly, people always watch it, no matter how many times they have seen them. And knowing that Portugal had such a huge role to play in the creation of that world and those characters makes it even more special. Every Harry Potter fan has the curiosity to visit these spots mentioned in the article, and being such a worldwide successful franchise, it makes those places known to the rest of the world and consequently making Portugal a favored destination.

Maria de Medeiros "When I read the Pulp Fiction script I thought: I don't know who is going to like this, but I sure do"

2/21/2014 00:00

The 48-year-old actress and singer talks about the 20 years anniversary of Tarantino's movie and about her third album, available this Wednesday.

Twenty years ago, Maria de Medeiros asked Bruce Willis about Zed in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. After that, she has done so much as an actress and filmmaker that these lines do not even measure up to her accomplishments - rather they occupy them with a dialogue from the film. The daughter of maestro António Vitorino de Almeida felt constrained from writing and composing songs, but she overcame this in her third album, "Eternal Birds", where she collaborates with Legendary Tigerman and sings in four languages.

"Pulp Fiction" makes this year 20 years. What memories do you have of that time?

Oh, it's true, its the 20 years anniversary. I have excellent memories. It was so much fun and I think Tarantino continues to be a very important director, making extraordinary films. I only have good memories.

Original Source: https://goo.gl/eyfpSZ
Chosen/translated by: Daniela.
Revised by: Badriah.

Not only Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies, but also is known as one of the best cinematographic works of all time. This film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won many other prizes.

In 1994, Tarantino directed this masterpiece that would influence generations and movie genres. Our Portuguese actress Maria de Medeiros played the role of Fabienne, the French lover of Butch, played by Bruce Willis.

I don’t know why she didn’t play a Portuguese character, but this seems to be a normal thing in Hollywood: Portuguese actors never play the role of their real nationalities. For example, Joaquim de Almeida is always the Latin, Spanish or Brazilian bad guy; Pepe Rapazote will appear in Narcos, as a Columbian drug lord, or even Diogo Morgado, who played Jesus.

However, we need to be proud of Maria de Medeiros, because she shared the big screen with iconic actors like Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta.

Aldeia da Roupa Branca (Village of the White Clothes)

Beatriz Costa

Ah! River Do not complain,
Ah! Soap does not kill,
Ah! It even washes the fish,
Ah! It gives them their silver colors.
Clothes in the hill drying
Observe it well, so white and light
Gives ideas to those who look
Observe it well, its like falling snow

Cold water, of the little river,
Cold water heated by the sun,
Old village, bring the idea,
White clothes that we hanged.
Three Corsets, one apron,
Seven pillowcases, a sheet,
Three engagement shirts,
That the customer added to the list. (2x)

Ah! River Do not complain,
Ah! Soap does not kill,
Ah! It even washes the fish,
Ah! It gives them their silver colors.
Look at this wedding set
Observe well, the blue of hope
The mount looks like a pigeon house
Observe well how white are the doves

Cold water, of the river,
Cold water heated by the sun,
Old village, bring the idea,
White clothes that we hanged.
Three Corsets, one apron,
Seven pillowcases, a sheet,
Three engagement shirts,
That the customer added to the list. (2x)

Ah! River Do not complain,
Ah! Soap does not kill,
Ah! It even washes the fish,
Ah! It gives them their silver colors.
A sheet of unbleached cloth,
Observe well how cleaned it is,
We slept on it, me and you,
Observe well, it is linen color.

Cold water,  of the river,
Cold water heated by the sun,
Old village, bring the idea,
White clothes that we hanged.
Three Corsets, one apron,
Seven pillowcases, a sheet,
Three engagement shirts,

That the customer added to the list. (2x)


Original Source: https://goo.gl/uS3DYH
Chosen by: Luisa.
Translated by: Luisa.
Revised by: Badriah.

“Aldeia da Roupa Branca” is a 1938 Portuguese film, seen by every grandmother in Portugal and held as a national cinema classic. This tale has been made timeless, not only by starring an actress who is considered to be the most important Portuguese actress: Beatriz Costa but also by the iconic song she sings in the most recognizable scene of this moving picture, where she is doing laundry in the river while singing this catching tune.
The most recent generations of the Portuguese population may not recognize the film or the song. In my opinion, a huge role to play in Portuguese pop culture and cinematic past. It depicts the Portuguese 30’s society very faithfully and it is about ordinary people doing ordinary activities in an ordinary scenario while still showing the richness of what it is to be part of the extraordinary Portugal. Always with a bit of a love story mixed into it, and how beautiful Portuguese love stories can be in a place like this one.
I found out that translating this song is a bit of a challenge mainly because of the Portuguese jargon, considering that those lyrics are “very Portuguese”, some words appear to lose it’s identity when translated.

I chose this film because I think it innovated the superhero genre in Portugal. We had never had a Portuguese superhero, until João Leitão decided to shoot this movie.

Porto has its arms wide open for you. Welcome to the world of Arts, to the world of Film.

Original Link: https://goo.gl/ZdYyho
Translated by: Mariana
Revised by: Badriah
Chosen by: Mariana

Translating this particular text was more challenging that I expected. The author uses a lot of turns of phrase and long, complex sentence structures that are very characteristic of Portuguese, which caught me off guard for a text presumably geared at a wider audience. However, in the end, I managed to translate it to the best of my abilities.