PORTUGUESE MOVIE “DOT.COM”

If, like me, you’re fed up with all the violence, tragedies, sex scenes that the mass media and the so-called great producers impose on us everyday, then watch the Portuguese film “Dot.com”, produced by Luís Galvão Teles, and you’ll for sure feel a blow of fresh air while watching the movie. It’s a sweet and fun story set in a most unusual but dramatically beautiful environment: the Portuguese small village of Beco (Ferreira do Zêzere), in the area of Tomar, with superb landscapes. A good laugh is what we all need everyday, and this movie will give you the required amount of “laugh” vitamin to face with joy at least the weak ahead.

Watch the trailer here:

WEEK END IN LONDON

Year 2011 started beautifully regarding travelling and cultural events. Three days after my return from Portugal, I took the train down to Geneva for a short visit to my son, and from Geneva I flew “low cost” to London for the week end. Two major exhibitions were being held in London:

	Paul Gauguin, Maker of Myth The exhibition on Gauguin was organized by Tate Modern in association with the National Gallery of Art of Washington and would be over on January 16, 2011.    The works displayed covered Gauguin’s work from every period (c. 1880–1903): paintings, watercolors, pastel, drawings, and prints, ceramic and wooden sculptures, and other genres like still life and landscapes.
	Canaletto and his Rivals As to the exhibition on Canaletto, which would as well run until January 16 only, it presented a fine assembly of his Venetian views and also key works by his 18th-century rivals, like his nephew Bernardo Bellotto and Francesco Guardi, a real threat during the final decade of Canaletto’s life.