Blood Curse (film)

Blood Curse (Portuguese: Coisa Ruim) is a 2006 Portuguese supernatural horror film directed by Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra, which talks about demonic possession, exploring beliefs, superstitions, skepticism, fears and suspicions, in the context of a small village. It has been considered the first horror feature film from Portugal.

Blood Curse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTiago Guedes
Frederico Serra
StarringAdriano Luz
Manuela Couto
Sara Carinhas
José Afonso Pimentel
Release date
  • 2 March 2006 (2006-03-02)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

Plot

Xavier Oliveira Monteiro (Adriano Luz) is a botanical researcher and university professor in the same area. He lives with his wife, children and a baby grandson in an apartment in the center of Lisbon. One day, Xavier receives news of the death of his uncle, owner of a family manor in a village in the municipality of Seia. Because he is the only legitimate heir, he becomes the owner of that same property. When he wanted to publish a study on the flora of Beira Interior, he decided to move with his family to the same house. Upon arriving at the village, he becomes friends with the locals, who he perceives to be very superstitious and believers in matters related to the occult. At first Xavier tries to abstract himself from that kind of thoughts, but strange events with no logical explanation begin to occur to him, as well as to his family; hitting right with some local beliefs. For that very reason, Xavier then decides to go after the rural beliefs of his new land to find some explanation for what is happening to him. It is there that Vicente, a former village priest (José Pinto) reveals to him something dark and macabre that happened in the past, and which gave rise to a terrible curse that plagues the village and which is directly related to Xavier and his family.

Cast

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Actor/ActressCharacter
Adriano LuzXavier Oliveira Monteiro
Manuela CoutoHelena Oliveira Monteiro
Sara CarinhasSofia
José Afonso PimentelRui
João SantosRicardo
José PintoPriest Vicente
João Pedro VazPriest Cruz
Elisa LisboaDulce
Filipe DuarteLuís
Gonçalo WaddingtonAntónio
Maria d'Aires Rosa
Miguel BorgesIsmael
Rafaela SantosSpouse de Ismael
Sara BarradasDaughter de Ismael
Orlando CostaMr. Costa

Reception

It won the 2006 Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Film.[1]

References

  1. "GLOBOS DE OURO 2006" (in Portuguese). SIC. Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-18.


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