SYNOPSIS
2005. Sérgio lives in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. One day, one of his girlfriends gets pregnant and his life turns upside down. He decides to immigrate to Portugal, dreaming of a better life. In Lisbon, he has to deal with the hard reality of immigration, which is very different from what he had dreamed of.
Based on the book by Luiz Ruffato.
CAST
Paulo Azevedo, Renata Ferraz, Amanda Fontoura, Rodrigo Almeida, Henrique Frade
Also staring: Eduardo Dascar, João Pedro Bénard, Miguel Telmo
AWARDS
CinEuphoria Award, Portugal, 2017: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Music, Audience Award for Best Actor
Sophia Awards, Portugal: Nominated for Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay
MAIN FESTIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS
39ª São Paulo IFF, Brazil, 2015
19º Festival Internacional de Cine de Punta del Este, Uruguai (Oficial Competition), 2016
18º Festival du Cinema Brasileiro de Paris, France (Special Screeening), 2016
13º IndieLisboa, Portugal (National Competititon), 2016
49º Festival de Brasília, Brazil (Sessão Especial), 2016
7a. Mostra de Cinema da América Latina, Lisboa,Portugal, 2016
19ª Mostra Expectativa/Retrospectiva, Cinema da Fundação, Recife, Brazil, 2016
Agenda Brasil, Itália, 2016
19ª Semana de Cinema Lusófono, Nice, Cannes, Grasse e Mouans-Sartoux, França, 2017
Mostra de Cinema Português, Cinemateca Paixão, Macau, China, 2017
Exibido no Telecine
CREW
Directed and Screenplay by José Barahona
Cinematography: Daniel Costa Neves
Sound: Pedro Sá Earp
Editing: José Barahona / Patrícia Saramago
Sound editing and Mixing: Tiago Matos
Music: Felipe Ayres
Production: Carolina Dias (Refinaria Filmes)
Co-Production: Fernando Vendrell (David & Golias) / Mônica Botelho (Mutuca Filmes)