Belarmino

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.

Director: Fernando Lopes

Cast: Belarmino Fragoso, Maria Amélia Fragoso, Ana Paula Fragoso, Júlia Buisel, Bernardo Moreira, Jean Pierre Gebler, Maria Teresa de Noronha

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.