The King's Body

Original title: O Corpo de Afonso

2012
32m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

102

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Biography Short

How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history?How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history?How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history?

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

102

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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the body

An experimental short film about recreation of body of legendary Portugues king becomes exploration of lives, motivations, map and meanings of tatoo, eulogy of male body and the image of Dom Alfonso Henriques, in references to testimonies about him as definition of identity, images of past, legends and very simple stories of few guys, with lovely bodies, naked, telling their pieces of existence who, in good measure, are precise crumbs for reinvent the body of king.

Sure, provocative but can be different than you expect from this director ? No doubts, not ! But , real, it is just seductive for the dose of honesty, freshness than defines the films by Joao Pedro Rodrigues.