Screenplay
Miguel e Beatriz estão casados faz 7 anos, mas o amor em comum já não faz parte das suas vidas. Agora, enquanto Miguel viaja na Internet e se esconde nos jogos de computador, Beatriz refugia-se nos programas de televisão que se dedicam a recuperar casas, jardins e divisões moribundas. Cada um com o seu mundo, a vida passa a ser virtual, por troca com a realidade. Então o inesperado acontece. A porta fica encerrada por dentro e o casal vê-se privado do regresso. Fechados na varanda daquela vivenda isolada do mundo, Miguel e Beatriz têm agora de coabitar juntos.
Director
Miguel e Beatriz estão casados faz 7 anos, mas o amor em comum já não faz parte das suas vidas. Agora, enquanto Miguel viaja na Internet e se esconde nos jogos de computador, Beatriz refugia-se nos programas de televisão que se dedicam a recuperar casas, jardins e divisões moribundas. Cada um com o seu mundo, a vida passa a ser virtual, por troca com a realidade. Então o inesperado acontece. A porta fica encerrada por dentro e o casal vê-se privado do regresso. Fechados na varanda daquela vivenda isolada do mundo, Miguel e Beatriz têm agora de coabitar juntos.
Assistant Editor
Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.
Continuity
Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.
Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.
Editor
Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira reminisces about the figure of his father, his first experience of cinema as an actor, his past as a racing driver, his first technical experiences…
Editor
Coming from Fundão to Lisboa where he did conscription service, Matias found that the reality of the big city is not exactly how he remembers
Editor
12-year-old Miguel is punished because he has not done his homework properly: he must stay at his aunt's inn for holidays. First bored, then a friendship begins between him and other inn's regular holiday-makers, like maid Luisa or fisherman João. But doctor Fernando's arrival is going to overwhelm the place's peaceful life and to change Miguel's mind.
