The film was the project of francochilean director raul ruiz, who sadly died before the film was fully completed. Reoccurring characters were not allowed to link their stories between scenes. Lines of wellington by valeria sarmiento catherine deneuve. Raul ruiz and the ghosts on the battlefield film the guardian. Lines of wellington the pic is big, but not big enough. Nevertheless, portuguese and british troops, under the command of lord wellington, beat a retreat. Lines of wellington, dvd, widescreen, war, 857692005055. Lines of wellington is a portuguesebritishfrench history movie that takes place during the battle of bucaco, its not bad at all but i was expecting a little more, i watched it with my father and he told me it was pretty interesting, i thought it was also gonna be entertaining but its actually kind of boring. The lines of torres vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend lisbon during the peninsular war. Lines of wellington trailer 2012 after conquering spain, napoleon bonaparte sent a powerful army to invade portugal in 1810. Lines of wellington 2012 an angloportuguese army led by gen. John malkovich in raul ruiz and valeria sarmientos the lines of wellington. Lines of wellington 2012 directed by valeria sarmiento. Starring nuno lopes, soraia chaves, marisa paredes, john malkovich, carloto cotta.
The confrontation of the french with the lines of torres vedas provides the backdrop to valeria sarmientos the lines of wellington. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. The website link above provides you with contact details for retailers operating on the wellington electricity network. Starring nuno lopes, soraia chaves, marisa paredes, john malkovich, carloto cotta, marcello urgeghe, victoria guerra, jemima west, jose.
Wellington retreats to the lines of torres vendras. With its awkward pilingon of situations and secondary and tertiary, and quarternary characters, its miasma of languages and accents, and its interminable historical pantomiming, lines of wellington devolves into a throwback to nineties europudding, or even the everythingbutthekitchensink dilaurentiisesque coproduction extravaganzas of the sixties. Lines of wellington is a 2012 francoportuguese epic war film and television series, prepared by revered chilean director raul ruiz and brought to fruition by his widow valeria sarmiento. The companys big break came in 2005 when paul andrew williams, with whom rachel and alastair had collaborated on the short film royalty in 2001, brought london to brighton to wellington. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Lines of wellington by valeria sarmiento catherine. Feature film play movie chapter selection setup english subtitles english subtitles. This lavish epic recounts napoleons 1810 invasion of portugal and the extreme and controversial measures one army commander took to save his people. Miramar, a seaside suburb of wellington, is home to a neighbourhood of worldclass moviemaking talent and technologies. Francoportuguese war epic that competed for the golden lion at the 69th venice film festival, set in the early 19th century. Rentbuy movie lines of wellington dvd now family video. Raul ruiz and the ghosts on the battlefield film the. Sarmiento picked up where he left off, and does a convincing job of finishing the film. Wellington electricity is supporting the growth of electric vehicle ev technology across the greater wellington region. Aug 20, 2012 y ou wouldnt have put it past raul ruiz to direct a film from beyond the grave. Watch lines of wellington full movie in hd visit movie 122198 passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are. Lines of wellington 2012 valeria sarmiento synopsis. Bonus features making of lines of wellington lines of wellington trailer biographies valeria.
Despite the victory, portuguese and british are forced to retreat from the enemy, numerically superior, in order to attract. With nuno lopes, soraia chaves, marisa paredes, john malkovich. This lavish, starstudded epic set during the napoleonic wars of 1810 chronicles a multitude of characterssoldiers and civilians, men, women. Its title refers to the historical lines of torres vedras, massive defenses built in 1810 outside lisbon by the duke of wellington john malkovich, in. Te wiki o te reo maori utilities disputes awareness campaign.
This lavish, starstudded epic set during the napoleonic wars of 1810 chronicles a multitude of characterssoldiers and civilians, men, women and children, young and old. The resulting feature, produced on a micro budget, was a critical smash and cited by timeout as one of the top 100 british films of all time. The film was in competition for the golden lion at the 69th venice international. On september 27, 1810, the french troops commanded by marshal massena, were defeated in the serra do bucaco by the angloportuguese army of general wellington. Y ou wouldnt have put it past raul ruiz to direct a film from beyond the grave. Lines of wellington 2012 nude scenes completed by his widow valeria sarmiento. Wellington is home to a hub of worldclass production and special effects facilities, as well as a number of talented filmmakers. This film is a depiction of the retreat of the anglohanoverianportuguese armys retreat to the lines of torres vedras in 1811, during the peninsular war. Watch lines of wellington 2012 full movie free online. It has some enjoyable nudity as we portuguese people are accustomed to movies.
The french plowed through the resistance mounted against them until, as they approached lisbon, they were met by a combined british and portuguese army under the command of the viscount wellington. The film, starring nuno lopes, soraia chaves, marisa paredes and john malkovich, currently has a total of one poster available. Prepared by ruiz from a screenplay by carlos saboga mysteries of lisbon, lines of wellington was completed by sarmientoruizs longtime editor as well as his widowwho has created a revealing portrait of life during what has been called one of the first examples of total war. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. The chilean master was hard at work on a new feature, the lines of wellington, at the time of his death last august. This lavish, starstudded epic set during the napoleonic wars of 1810 chronicles a multitude of char. Wellington retreats to the fortified lines of torres vendras after a battle with napoleon bonapartes army in 1810. Comprising a film camera and tripod that appear to be composed from a collection of recycled goods, tripod pays tribute to the new zealand screen industrys kiwi cando attitude and ability to create with whatever is at hand. The film was in competition for the golden lion at. By 1810 the french army had conquered spain and was rapidly making its way across portugal until they reached lisbon, defended by the duke of wellington and his britishportugese forces. Its title refers to the historical lines of torres vedras.
Our networks asset management plan talks about our network development plans over the next 10 years, including what we need. Named after the nearby town of torres vedras, they were ordered by arthur wellesley, viscount wellington, constructed by sir richard fletcher, 1st baronet, and his portuguese workers between november 1809 and september 1810, and used to stop marshal massenas. Named after the nearby town of torres vedras, they were ordered by arthur wellesley, viscount wellington, constructed by sir richard fletcher, 1st baronet, and his portuguese workers between november 1809 and september 1810, and used to stop marshal. Despite the victory, portuguese and british are forced to retreat from the enemy, numerically superior, in order to attract them to torres vedras, where wellington had built fortified lines hardly surmountable. Planned as a followup to raul ruizs mysteries of lisbon before his death in 2011, lines of wellington was completed by his widow and frequent collaborator valeria sarmiento. The allstar cast includes catherine deneuve, mathieu. Well filmed, but the historical authenticity is very patchy. If your concern is regarding the service you have received from wellington electricity, please phone 0800 248 148 or email email protected and we will endeavour to fix the problem or reach an acceptable solution. When the chilean director raoul ruiz died in august last year, he left behind a heaving back catalogue of more than 100 features plus one final, unfinished flourish. M 151 mins portugal portuguese, english, french, with english subtitles.
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