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Les Açores de Madredeus
The Azores of Madredeus
A band at the height of its fame searches the Azores for the roots of its sound.
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 40 min
- Countries
- France, Belgium
- Languages
- Portuguese, French
- Production
- Mona Lisa Films
- Availability
- Remastered 2025 · DVD Arte Vidéo (2006)
On the Azores, light and weather can turn in a minute. The singer and the founder of the Portuguese band Madredeus travel the islands, listening to islanders, joining village feasts and walking volcanic landscapes, and find there the mixed origins of their own music. Rob Rombout films the archipelago as if it were one of their songs.
Screenings
3 recorded
2022Focus Rob Rombout, StrasbourgRetrospective
2025Cinemateca Portuguesa, LisbonNew digital remaster
2026Arsmondo Îles, BNU StrasbourgScreening
Credits
- Direction
- Rob Rombout
- Image
- Jean-Paul Dezaeytijd
- Sound
- Paul Heymans
- Editing
- Adriana Moreira de Oliveira
- Production
- Mona Lisa Films
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Cite this pageRombout, Rob. Les Açores de Madredeus. 1995. https://www.robrombout.com/en/films/1995-les-acores-de-madredeus/. Last verified 10 October 2026.