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Belarmino

  • November 1964
  • 1hr

    12mins

  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Fernando Lopes,

    Starring

    Belarmino Fragoso,

    Maria Amélia Fragoso,

    Ana Paula Fragoso,

    Júlia Buisel

    ...

    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.