Country: Portugal
Year: 2008
Duration: 24'
Dino and Helena meet in the hotel they both are working in.
He is an electrician and antenna fitter, she is a dishwasher and maid.
They fall in love and go live together in a rented house. But when
she becomes pregnant, she has to quit her job because of her difficult
pregnancy. The couple faces great economic difficulty and they
are forced to move into a room in an abandoned house and live
clandestinely. Dino tries everything to earn money to support
the family, until one day a man asks him to participate in a theft.
“Boy meets girl. They speak different languages but they manage
to understand each other as they face their hard and difficult reality,
which is the backdrop to the most improbable love story.”
Biography
film director
João Figueiras
João Figueiras (1969), graduated in editing from the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema of Amadora. He debuted in directing with the short film Contra-ritmo (2000), which won the prize for Best Portuguese short film at the International Short Film Festival of Évora. His second film, A Olhar para Cima (2003), was chosen to compete in various international festivals, including Rio de Janeiro, Bilbao, Vila do Conde, Tangier and Clermont-Ferrand. He is now working as a producer for the Portuguese production company O Som e a Fúria.
FILMOGRAFIA
Contra-ritmo (cm, 2000), A Olhar para Cima (cm, 2003), Paisagem Urbana com Rapariga e Avião (cm, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, montaggio, produttore/director, story, screenplay, film editing, producer João Figueiras
fotografia/cinematography Paulo Ares, Leonardo Simões
suono/sound Luís Botelho, Michelle Chan, Tiago Matos
interpreti/cast
Olina Radianova, Dinarte Branco, Lyobov Bosharov, Constança Garrido, Joãu Nicolau, Rui Quintas
produzione/production Black Maria
vendita all’estero/world sales Agência
fotografia/cinematography Paulo Ares, Leonardo Simões
suono/sound Luís Botelho, Michelle Chan, Tiago Matos
interpreti/cast
Olina Radianova, Dinarte Branco, Lyobov Bosharov, Constança Garrido, Joãu Nicolau, Rui Quintas
produzione/production Black Maria
vendita all’estero/world sales Agência