"Salão Piolho" film cycle features free concert films all over Porto this December

The film cycle "Salão Piolho" forth edition is back in Porto from 12th to 15th December, in different venues all over Porto. Entrance is free.

The most iconic movies in Silent Film History will be screened on the giant screen for a taste of early cinema, and the first session will take place at Cinema Trindade, with the showing of the short film by Charlie Chaplin "The Kid" (1921), at 7pm, to the sound of "O Gajo"; later that day, at 9.30pm, the film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog", a 1927 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with music by Luís Costa and Nuno Campos will feature at Passos Manuel.

This is only day 1; save the other dates in your agenda for a unique opportunity to enjoy the most outstanding and distinctive performances from a different movie era.

The other places to host this film cycle are Porto City Hall main lobby, Maus Hábitos, Ferro Bar and Igreja dos Carmelitas Descalços.

Entrance is free, but subject to room capacity.

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 12th December

> 7pm | Cinema Trindade

"The Kid", by Charlie Chaplin, music by O Gajo 

> 9.30pm | Passos Manuel

"The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog", music by Luís Costa and Nuno Campos 

Friday, 13th December

> 7pm | Porto City Hall Main Lobby

Short films by Georges Mèliès, to the sound of Arsénio Martins Ensemble

> 10pm | Maus Hábitos

"Man with a Movie Camera", by Dziga Vertov, to the sound of Stereossauro

Saturday, 14th December

> 3pm | Porto City Hall Main Lobby

"Félix the Cat" (shorts), music by Charlie Mancini

> 9.30pm | Ferro Bar

"The General", by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, music by Inês Vaz

Sunday, 15th December

> 9.30pm | Igreja dos Carmelitas Descalços

"The Passion of Joan of Arc (French: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)", by Carl Theodor Dreyer, music by Diogo Vida