Belarmino
1964 · 72 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 493 VOTES · DIR. Fernando Lopes
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 576 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:37 A FILM BY FERNANDO LOPES
00:07:55 I went to London without a single day of training.
00:11:21 I always wanted to help her, but she always wanted to work.
00:12:57 I didn't know what I was talking about. He gave me some gloves and shorts
00:14:26 I won with by a KO, and I started boxing more and more
00:15:58 And as managers are professionals, they have to set up
00:17:33 And he gave me 150 escudos on Christmas Day
00:19:00 How did you meet and marry your wife?
00:22:31 so, of course he couldn't go for the title
00:24:01 Yes. But he would have had to stick to
00:25:54 Why?
00:30:06 even though people often think that a boxer kills, flays
00:31:28 But listen, five quid isn't enough to support your family.
00:33:00 She's a really good girl.
00:34:24 who had the President show up at one of his matches.
00:41:50 and blow as hard as you can, please until there's no more air in your chest.
00:43:27 Do you think you could fight a man of your weight?
00:46:13 In Portugal there are lots of serious, very honest people
00:47:56 Have you ever bribed a critic or your manager?
00:49:17 But that's what happens in boxing...
00:50:39 has to be a man who only uses his left
01:01:35 is proud to present the second half of our variety show.
01:03:23 with suspicious looking men, but I'm not suspicious because of that.
01:09:57 Do you think that when the viewers see this film
Cast & Characters
Belarmino Fragoso
Self - a boxer
Jean Pierre Gebler
Self - a saxophone baritone
Maria Teresa de Noronha
Self - Fado singer
Bernardo Moreira
Self - a contrabass
Júlia Buisel
Self - Fado singer
Maria Amélia Fragoso
Self - Belarmino's wife
Ana Paula Fragoso
Self - Belarmino's daughter
Tony Afonso
Self - a boxer
Baptista-Bastos
Self - a journalist
Albano Martins
Self - Belarmino's manager
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed576
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:02:37
Final line01:09:57
Production Record
DirectorFernando Lopes
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes493