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AS TERÇAS DA BAILARINA GORDA (THE FAT DANCER’S TUESDAYS)

   
 
  Portugal, 2000, FIC, 35mm, Colour, 21'
Director: Jeanne Waltz
Producer: Joaquim Pinto
Script: Jeanne Waltz, P.G. Santos
Photography: Paulo Ares
Editing: Jeanne Waltz
Music: Bernardo Sassetti
Sound: Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Carvalho
Main Actors: Luísa Salgueiro, Ana Bustorff, Francisco Nascimento, Marcello Urgeghe, Marina Nabais
Original Idiom: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Synopsis:

Luisa, a 50-years-old divorcee and perfect cook, has Tuesdays’s off. Tuesdays are when Luisa shows the zoo to her grand-son or invites her friend round for dinner.
Her friend who only likes sad men.
Until the birth of her son, Luisa was a ballerina. Now she’s fat.
The son was the end of the ball;
He didn’t get much love.
On Tuesdays, Luisa talks and talks.
Until one Tuesdy, Luisa starts to dance.
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