There is more heart and a wider richness of feeling and sensation in Amor de perdição than in Manuel's other long film The Satin Slipper, and thus makes it a more exciting and stimulating journey through the seas of love and passion in the virtuos storm of Manuel de Oliveira's imperishable signum. In addition, this installment haven't got the theatrical stigma that it predecessor has which, I think, thus distances itself from the film medium and its purpose In comparison to the directors accomplishment of later work to this one, you clearly see a big enhancement in maturity from the later works.
But this film's visual is more fun and it (the film) embraces a more energetic and vigorous Manuel de Oliveira with a clear love for life which I think he lacks in the immediate films following this work, but which he will later pick up with a better precision many years later in his career. When making Amor de perdição, the director is still inhabiting his younger domain of his filmography (which is pretty comedic thus he was already over 70 when making it) and the quality of directing and storytelling in the film do suffer because of it.
But its fun to see his immense unique personal style still developing which have a huge potential. That monotonously and almost incomprehensible beauty, which describes sensations with a bombardment of romantizised and grand words or visually loaded of the most beautiful nature.
