F(r)iction Writing

F(r)iction Writing
on action-reaction, path-goal relation and drive in Oliveira’s latest film
W. K. Lam

Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl (2009, 63 min.)Dir. Manoel de Oliveira

Almost hundred-year-old director, Manoel de Oliveira, has his latest work, Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl, shown in the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival. The film plot is simple – a young man, Macário, spends his train journey talking to a middle-aged woman about the love story of him and a blond hair girl, Luisa, who lives across the street…

Macário was deeply fascinated by Luisa at first sight and started spying on her. Soon after Macário met Luisa in a romantic encounter, he decided …

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