Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington
Directed byValeria Sarmiento
Written byCarlos Saboga
Produced byPaulo Branco
StarringNuno Lopes
Soraia Chaves
Marisa Paredes
John Malkovich
Carloto Cotta
CinematographyAndré Szankowski
Edited byValeria Sarmiento
Luca Alverdi
Music byJorge Arriagada
Production
company
Release dates
  • 4 September 2012 (2012-09-04) (Venice Film Festival)
  • 4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) (Portugal)
Running time
151 minutes
CountriesPortugal
France
LanguagesPortuguese
French
English

Lines of Wellington (Portuguese: Linhas de Wellington) is a 2012 Franco-Portuguese epic war film and television series prepared by Chilean director Raúl Ruiz and completed by his widow Valeria Sarmiento. Its title refers to the historical Lines of Torres Vedras.

The film was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[1] It was also shown at the 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival,[2] the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival[3] and the 2012 New York Film Festival.[4] The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[5] but it was not nominated.

  1. ^ "Venezia 69". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Zabaltegi Specials". sansebastianfestival.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Programmer's Note". tiff.net. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 New York Film Festival Line-Up Announced". collider.com. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Melhor Film Português aos Oscars". Academia Portuguesa de Cinema. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.