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Al Berto

6.2(20)20171h 53m1

Portugal, 1975. A time of rough changes. A young gay artist trapped in a small seaside town ran by communist winds. Al Berto, the writer, embodies an entire moving generation. He and his friends exude youth, eccentricity and hope for the future - but right after the fall of Portugal's dictatorship system, the country is not yet ready for his love story.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$24.3K
Language
Portuguese
  • biography
  • poesía
  • homofobia

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Produced in

Portugal

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Release dates

  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne Queer Film Festival23 Mar 2018
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical3 Mar 2018
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1614 Sept 2017

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Al Berto was released on 14 September 2017.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    1/17/2024

    6/10

    It's quite odd to watch this film and realise that it's not that long ago that homosexuality was illegal in Portugal. Slap bang amidst the "Carnation Revolution", optimism was high in a country recovering from decades of dictatorship and the young were at the forefront of that new-found confidence. "Al Berto" (Ricardo Teixeira) lives in what was his family home with his mother, friends, and his boyfriend "João Maria"…

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