A Caixa | |
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Directed by | Manoel de Oliveira |
Written by | Manoel de Oliveira Prista Monteiro (play) |
Produced by | Paulo Branco |
Starring |
Luís Miguel Cintra Glicínia Quartin Ruy de Carvalho |
Cinematography | Mário Barroso |
Edited by | Valérie Loiseleux Manoel de Oliveira |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | France Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
A Caixa (lit. The Box) is a 1994 Portuguese comedy film adapted from the homonymous Hélder Prista Monteiro play [1] by Manoel de Oliveira, who also directed the film. It was screened in competition at the 1994 Tokyo International Film Festival.
Stories of various individuals living in a poor district of Lisbon are intertwined with the sad life of a blind street vendor whose only means of support is his elm box.