A obra-prima Os Maias de Eça de Queirós numa leitura cinematografada – olhares sobre a cultura lusitana

The text proposes an analytical approach to the filmic adaptation of The Maias (by the Portuguese director João Botelho in 2014) to establish and present some thought about the successful historical connection between film and literature. At the same time the paper focuses on the reflective and thoughtful nature that art can take to raise questions about the possible (dis)continuities between a nineteenth century novel and the literary adaptation. Therefore, cinema is a fertile soil to promote the artistic creativity and, on the other hand, it allows rethinking canonical questions concerning the nation that are still contemporary today.