Gebo and the Shadow
2012 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 724 VOTES · DIR. Manoel de Oliveira
Overview
Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems to be hiding something, especially to Doroteia, who is anxiously waiting to see her son again. Sofia is also waiting for her husband to come home, and yet she fears him. All of a sudden, João arrives and everything changes.
Dialogue Timeline — 934 lines
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00:01:14 GEBO AND THE SHADOW based on the play by
00:07:21 Goodbye.
00:10:49 Always telling her... always...
00:13:57 This is a great business, Ramires 8. Ramires!
00:17:23 And God knows, I have no joy whatsoever in my life.
00:20:56 I remember when she arrived, still little, after my brother died.
00:24:37 saying the same words.
00:28:16 Without us she would have starved. No one wanted anything to do with her.
00:32:55 As I remember, I only have that when I'm asleep.
00:38:19 So here am I! - Very good!
00:41:44 And you didn't whisper sweet nothings to each other?
00:45:12 and the darkness goes away...
00:47:41 "Better dead than be buried alive!"
00:50:53 I don't know what my soul is.
00:54:06 and carry...
00:56:41 Just down here.
01:00:52 I don't know what, but I can feel it. You're miserable.
01:03:58 Talk to me! - Later.
01:09:10 To work like Gebo! Be him!
01:14:05 Here he comes. Finally...
01:17:48 "I wish to...
01:21:20 We've been silent, for eight years!
01:24:20 Run away... could we run away?
01:28:25 It was me that stole it.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed934
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:01:14
Final line01:28:25
Production Record
DirectorManoel de Oliveira
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes724