France/Portugal 1987, 1h30, 35mm, color
Doc is an american doctor who lives in the suburbs of Lisbon, behind the city, where the Tage enters into the sea. Doc hasn’t been back home and hasn’t seen his wife Rozie nor ever met their son, and hasn’t seen his friends in over 15 years. In those days Doc was fighting against the Vietnam war; then he travelled to Africa as a doctor. Loneliness and alcohol have taken over. Slowly, the past is catching up with him : his son Jimmy finds him, and as they are almost ready to kill each other in a fight, Doc will finally understands that Jimmy is his son. They will talk, and the son will slowly understand why the father left abruptly to pursue his ideals and utopias.
Directed by
Robert Kramer
Writing credits
Robert Kramer writer
Cast (in credits order)
Paul McIsaac … Doc
Vincent Gallo … Jimmy
Ruy Furtado … Old sailor
Roslyn Payn … Rozzie
João César Monteiro … Cesar
Credits
Produced by
Paulo Branco …. executive producer
Dominique Vignet …. executive producer
Harvey Waldman …. producer: American sequences
Original Music by
Barre Phillips
Cinematography by
Robert Machover
Film Editing by
Christine Aya
Sandrine Cavafian
Julietta Roulet
Casting by
Pat Golden
Makeup Department
Sharon Ilson …. makeup artist: American sequences (as Sharon Ilson Reed)
Production Management
António Gonçalo …. production manager (as Antonio Goncalo)
Cecilia Kate Roque …. production manager: American sequences (as Cecila Roque)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pedro M. Ruivo …. assistant director (as Pedro Ruivo)
Sound Department
Jean-Pierre Laforce …. sound mixer
Guy Lecorne …. sound editor
Vasco Pimentel …. sound (as Vasco Pimental)
Olivier Schwob …. sound
Camera and Electrical Department
Jorge Caldas …. electrician
Richard Copans …. lighting technician
Hermann Lederle …. gaffer: American sequences (as Herman Lederle)
Other crew
Julian Dillon …. production assistant: American sequences
Patricia Pichon …. production secretary
Jean-Marc Vignet …. production administrator