Belarmino
7.4(12 votes)
1964
1h 12m
Documentary
A portrait of Belarmino Fragoso, a veteran boxer in Lisbon nearing the end of his career. In a blend of reportage and re-enactment, the many vices of the once national featherweight champion are revealed against a background of the grim economics of boxing in 1960s Portugal.
Production
Produções Cunha Telles
Cast
Belarmino Fragoso
Himself (Boxer)
Maria Amélia Fragoso
Herself (Belarmino's wife)
Ana Paula Fragoso
Herself (Belarmino's daughter)
Júlia Buisel
Herself (Fado singer)
Bernardo Moreira
Himself (Contrabass)
Jean Pierre Gebler
Himself (A saxophone baritone)
Maria Teresa de Noronha
Herself (Fado singer)
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