Belarmino
Nov 19 1964
•1h 12m
•Documentary
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.
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Belarmino Fragoso
Himself (Boxer)
Maria Amélia Fragoso
Herself (Belarmino's wife)
Ana Paula Fragoso
Herself (Belarmino's daughter)
Júlia Buisel
Herself (Fado singer)
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