Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter (1998)
Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal.
Top billed cast
Rita BlancoBeatriz Costa (voice)
Diogo DóriaMário Eloy (voice)
Alberto Seixas SantosArt critic (voice)
Paulo SilveiraGerman Art Critic (voice)
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