| Rite of Spring | |
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| Directed by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Produced by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Written by | Manoel de Oliveira Francisco Vaz De Guimaraes |
| Starring | Nicolau Nunes Da Silva Ermelinda Pires Maria Madalena Amélia Chaves Luis De Sousa Francisco Luís |
| Cinematography | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Editing by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Release date(s) | 1963 |
| Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
Rite of Spring (Portuguese: Acto de Primavera) is a 1963 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The inhabitants of Curalha, a small village in western Portugal, perform the Passion of Jesus every year according to text from about the 16th century, Oliveira stumbled upon this during the production of a film in 1963; the film is also remembered for "a furious apocalyptic montage that links Christ's death to the violence and lunacy of the Vietnam era".[1]
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