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Gothic film in a monastery, where sensual monks murder the children they receive, with images of fantastic, painted from the author own painting and also from the Hammer films and the Saxon plastic tradition of romanticism.

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Thank you for this rare short film.

Please always add an IMDB link to your post.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491345/

It is over 40 minutes so I moved it to the feature-length forum.

(Yes, I think it is "short" but there is no arguing with The Academy.)

No, better don't mess with The Academy.

I had 45 min in mind.

I cropped the picture a bit and added English subtitles to the Portuguese dialogues.

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ZsofiaPsotta wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 4:18 pm [File]

[Code] https://www.cinept.ubi.pt/pt/filme/3933 ... r+de+Anjos

The Builder of Angels (1978)

43 min / Short

Realization: · Luís Noronha da Costa

Argument: · Luís Noronha da Costa · Nuno Júdice · Luís Vilaça

In the late nineteenth century, a couple of English resident in Portugal, having to travel abroad, leaves their seven-year-old daughter in a convent, where children are drowned in a lake, invoking baptism against the forces of evil.

"Gothic Film Passed in a convent in which sensual monks murdered the children who receive, in images so dependent on the author's fantastic painting as Hammer's cinema, or the plastic tradition of Saxon romanticism."
[Source: Bénard da Costa. Cinema Stories, p. 162]

"This is a clear approach between painting and cinema, as if we look at a mirror of reflected images, in this case three: one child, his mother and his father.
The mother is an actress and is preparing to travel, the father opposes the evasion that will remove her daughter's mother.
The daughter, as in a dream, plays piano, unscathed to the discussion between parents. "
[Source: Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival, 2012]

O CONSTRUTOR DE ANJOS (Luís Noronha da Costa, 1978) - LEGENDAS EM PORTUGUES
The Angels Builder (Luís Noronha da Costa, 1978) - Subtitles in Portuguese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u6qQGLSVU4

Feb 22, 2025
Em finais do Século XIX, um casal de ingleses residentes em Portugal, tendo de viajar para o estrangeiro, deixa a filha de sete anos num convento, onde as crianças são afogadas num lago, invocando-se o batismo contra as forças do mal.
Com uma eventual filiação ao “terror”, abordado com enorme desenvoltura e grande sentido de humor (Terence Fisher é uma das grandes admirações do autor), as visões irônicas e eróticas são histórias de virgens perversas e sádicos irrisórios, ressuscitados do romantismo alemão e britânico em cenários bem portugueses.

In the late nineteenth century, a couple of English resident in Portugal, having to travel abroad, leaves their seven-year-old daughter in a convent, where children are drowned in a lake, invoking baptism against evil forces.
With a possible affiliation with "terror", addressed with huge resourcefulness and great sense of humor (Terence Fisher is one of the author's great admits), the ironic and erotic views are stories of wicked and irritory virgins, raised from German and British romanticism in very Portuguese scenarios.

ghost wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:05 pm I cropped the picture a bit and added English subtitles to the Portuguese dialogues.

I don't understand, @ghost, since you cropped the picture and remove the watermark, why should you keep the black padding?

Sensual munderer minks... sound weird at least

I don't understand, @ghost, since you cropped the picture and remove the watermark, why should you keep the black padding?

You're never satisfied, huh?

But if you wanna know in detail: I cropped the picture to remove the watermark and this timeline at the bottom, It wasn't 1080p anymore.
Then I upscaled (and letterboxed) it again to 1920x1080p using Topaz. I assume that by “black padding” you mean the black bars on the left and right.

ghost wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 8:22 pm You're never satisfied, huh?

Yeah, I won't settle for the status quo as long as things can or should get better.
Like you quoted the post content, but not my name, so I'm not getting a "notification".
But I will shut up and apologize if you think I'm causing trouble and unpleasantness.

ghost wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 8:22 pm I assume that by “black padding” you mean the black bars on the left and right.

Yes, that's what I meant.

ghost wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 8:22 pm But if you wanna know in detail: I cropped the picture to remove the watermark and this timeline at the bottom, It wasn't 1080p anymore.
Then I upscaled (and letterboxed) it again to 1920x1080p using Topaz.

Yeah, I roughly guess the process. The question is why keep the "letterbox"?
It's not 16:9 content per se, so why not just crop to 4:3?
I don't see a reason to do this, other than waste of space.
For example, playing it back on a 4:3 screen will end up with a "picture-in-picture" effect.
I'm just curious about your reasons for doing so.