Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter

Mar 13, 1998

0h 59m

★ 6.5

Mário Eloy, a leading figure in Portuguese Modernism

Overview

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Zebra Filmes

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Cast

Beatriz Costa (voice)

Rita Blanco

Mário Eloy (voice)

Diogo Dória

Art critic (voice)

Alberto Seixas Santos

German Art Critic (voice)

Paulo Silveira

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Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter

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