Lines of Wellington (2012)

Name: Lines of Wellington
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2012-10-04
Duration: 151 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich, Carloto Cotta

Lines of Wellington (2012), directed by Valeria Sarmiento, starring Nuno Lopes and Soraia Chaves.

10/04/2012 BR Drama, History and War 2h 31m

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Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.

André SzankowskiCinematography
Valeria SarmientoDirector, Editing
Luca AlverdiEditing
Paulo BrancoProducer

About the film

Lines of Wellington (Portuguese: Linhas de Wellington) is a 2012 Franco-Portuguese epic war film and television series prepared by Chilean director Raúl Ruiz and completed by his widow Valeria Sarmiento. Its title refers to the historical Lines of Torres Vedras.

The film was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. It was also shown at the 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival, the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2012 New York Film Festival. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

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Plot

In the autumn of 1810, the French forces of Marshal Masséna are invading Portugal and are temporarily halted by the Anglo-Portuguese army under Viscount Wellington at the Battle of Bussaco. As a bitter winter approaches, Wellington withdraws his troops towards the fortifications he has prepared in secret at the Lines of Torres Vedras. Using a scorched earth defence, he forces the inhabitants to evacuate the land in front of the Lines and destroys all supplies which could be useful to the French. The film illustrates these dramatic events by a series of vignettes which show the effects on combatants, both regular soldiers and guerrillas, and on the civilian population.

Cast

John Malkovich as General Wellington

Soraia Chaves as Martírio

Vincent Pérez as Lévêque

Marisa Paredes as Dona Filipa

Melvil Poupaud as Marshal Massena

Mathieu Amalric as General Marbot

Elsa Zylberstein as Sister Irmã Cordélia

Christian Vadim as Marshal Soult

Ricardo Pereira

Carloto Cotta as Pedro de Alencar

Nuno Lopes as Francisco Xavier

Jemima West as Maureen

Catherine Deneuve as Severina

Isabelle Huppert as Cosima Pia

Malik Zidi as Octave Ségur

Chiara Mastroianni as Hussardo

Michel Piccoli as Leópold Scheitzer

Victoria Guerra as Clarissa

Maria João Bastos as Maria de Jesus

Marcello Urgeghe as Jonathan Foster

José Afonso Pimentel as Zé Maria

Reception

Jaime N. Christley of Slant Magazine wrote "Dull but never dreary, Lines of Wellington was one of the projects in Raúl Ruiz's pipeline before he passed away last year".

According to Xan Brooks of The Guardian "This epic historical pageant 'conceived by' the late director Raoul Ruiz won't win the top prize in Venice, but it's full of life"

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External links

Official website

Lines of Wellington at IMDb

Text from Lines of Wellington on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_Wellington

Trivia

The production budget was US$ 4.8 million.
It premiered on October 4, 2012, a Thursday.
It runs 2h31 — well over the usual two hours.
Its original title is "Linhas de Wellington".
It won 0 award(s) and received 1 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — International Submission to the Academy Awards among them.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosAlfama Films, Clap Filmes, France 3 Cinéma
CountriesPortugal, France
LanguagesFrench, English, Portuguese
BudgetUS$ 4,800,000
StatusReleased

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International Submission to the Academy Awards 2014

Filming locations

Lisbon

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Portugal

Preceded by

Red Brazil

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André Szankowski Cinematography
Valeria Sarmiento Director
Luca Alverdi Editing
Valeria Sarmiento Editing
Paulo Branco Producer
Jorge Arriagada Original music
Carlos Saboga Screenplay

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What is Lines of Wellington about?

Lines of Wellington: Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.

Who directed Lines of Wellington?

Lines of Wellington was directed by Valeria Sarmiento in 2012.

Who stars in Lines of Wellington?

The cast of Lines of Wellington includes Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, Marisa Paredes, John Malkovich and Carloto Cotta.

How long is Lines of Wellington?

Lines of Wellington runs for 151 minutes, or 2h31.