UM FILME A QUINTA FEIRA IIO Paciente Ingles, 1996

Almásy:Let me tell you about winds. There is a whirlwind in southern Morrocco, the aajej, against which the fellahin defend themselves with knives. There is the hot, dry ghibli from Tunis
Katharine: "Ghibli"?
Almásy: - which rolls and rolls and produces a nervous condition. The harmattan blows across the Sahara filled with red dust, entering and coagulating in the locks of rifles. Mariners called this red wind the sea of darkness. They went as far north as Devon. People thought it was blood.
Katharine: I've lived in Devon a good long time and there's never been any rains of blood.
Almásy: Your friend wrote about it. Herodotus said that one nation was so enraged by this evil wind that they declared war in it and marched out in full battle array. Swords raised.
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Porque e que nao me esqueco deste filme? Por causa das historias, porque e um filme em que se contam historias. As narrativas de Herodoto, as historias de rios que existiram antes do Sahara ser um deserto, a historia de uma mulher que morreu numa gruta longe do sol e do abraco do Bosforo... as historias sobreviveram a um filme cujas outras imagens se foram pouco a pouco apagando
Acredito que um dia vou contar a filhos ou netos que ha um vento chamado harmattan que faz chover sangue e um vento chamado khazar que vive nas margens do mar negro, mas talvez nessa altura nao me lembre ja que ouvi as historias dos ventos num filme chamado O Paciente Ingles.Nunca sabemos o que e que vai sobreviver ao tempo...