O Carro da Estrela (1989)

António Lopes Ribeiro, film director, critic, television presenter, translator, announcer, etc., is the figure portrayed in this documentary directed by Monique Rutler. Alternating images of his works, namely his films, with a long testimonial from the director, the documentary is an excellent work about a multifaceted man who contributed a lot to Portuguese cinema. Director of such beloved films as "O Pai Tirano", "Camões", "Amor de Perdição" and "Frei Luís de Sousa", Lopes Ribeiro was also a controversial man as he was linked to the Portuguese fascist regime (1933-1974), having his film "A May Revolution "was a pamphletary libel in support of Salazarism. Many of his documentaries also praised the fascist regime, namely the one that takes place on the occasion of the "Exhibition of the Portuguese World". But Lopes Ribeiro was also a television man. Everyone certainly remembers the famous program Museu do Cinema, where he presented the classics o mute, always accompanied by the ineffable António Melo, one of the mythical programs on Portuguese television.