Alentejo, Alentejo (2014)

Name: Alentejo, Alentejo
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-04-24

1h 38m

Running Time

Plot.

Following international recognition of Fado, Portugal recently submitted to UNESCO the polyphonic songs of the Alentejo, known as Cante Alentejano, or just Cante, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This film will be a journey into the hot Alentejo countryside (Southern region of Portugal) discovering Cante music and the life of its performers. Not many people outside Portugal know about these a capella polyphonic choirs, typically formed by 20 to 30 male agricultural workers or miners, that seem to express the deep voice of the Earth.

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Cast & Crew.

Sérgio Tréfaut

Director

Hugo Bentes

Cantador

Pedro Marques

Editor

Olivier Blanc

Sound

Miguel Cabral

Sound

Armanda Carvalho

Sound

Marta Pessoa

Cinematography

João Ribeiro

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
April 24, 2014

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 38m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2023-11-15

Wiki.

Alentejo, Alentejo is a film by Sérgio Tréfaut. The Cante alentejano is a traditional polyphonic change-chorgesang from the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. The Cante alentejano was included in the list of UNESCO's intangible world heritage due to the lack of instruments.