Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Ricardo Trêpa and Catarina Wallenstein.
A young man (Ricardo Trêpa) on a train tells the stranger next to him of a great love story; his own. Some time before, while working at his uncle's shop, the man saw a beautiful blonde-haired girl (Catarina Wallenstein) in the window across the street from his office. Infatuation immediately sets in and the tale of their romance, a seemingly fated one, unfolds.
Adapted from a story by famed Portugese Writer Eça de Queirós, Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl is a nearly perfect film. Oliveira's direction, Eça de Queirós' story, and the acting of both Trêpa and Wallenstein are impeccable. I'm ashamed to say I've yet to see any other film by Oliveira. However, after seeing this film, and a preview of his next film, The Strange Case of Angilica, I'm definitely a fan.
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