No Trace of Sin

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No Trace of Sin
Directed by José Fonseca e Costa
Written by Mário de Carvalho
José Fonseca e Costa
Starring Victoria Abril
Cinematography Eduardo Serra
Release date
  • 11 February 1983 (1983-02-11)
Running time
104 minutes
Country Portugal
Language Portuguese

No Trace of Sin (Portuguese : Sem Sombra de Pecado) is a 1983 Portuguese drama film directed by José Fonseca e Costa. [1] The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [2]

Portuguese language Romance language that originated in Portugal

Portuguese is a Western Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. Reintegrationists maintain that Galician is not a separate language, but a dialect of Portuguese. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (Lusófono).

José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.

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Victoria Abril Spanish actress

Victoria Mérida Rojas, better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar.

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References

  1. "Sem Sombra de Pecado". cinemaportugues. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences