Jaime
1974 · Documentary · 35 min. · Portugal
The world, life and work of Jaime Fernandes, a peasant born in Barcos, Portugal, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the age of 38 and interned in a sanatorium in Lisbon, where he died at the age of 69. When he was 65-years-old he started to paint and during the short period of life-time until his death he made a brilliant pictorial work, influenced by the social environment and the sanatorium daily-life.
Direction António Reis
Cast Jaime Fernandes
Soundtrack Louis Armstrong · Karlheinz Stockhausen
Cinematography Acácio de Almeida
Original title Jaime
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