PORTUGAL • 114′
a film by TERESA VILLAVERDE
Andrea, Pedro and Ricardo refuse to accept the world as it is. They don’t seem to fit anywhere. But they don’t give up, they go on looking, projecting a palpable force that spreads everywhere, threatens to explode. They’re bursting with the energy and determination to change things, to live a different life. They don’t see why they should accept the role others have assigned them. They just won’t play it‹and yet there is no other role for them. They’re survivors, mutants. They happen to live in Portugal, but there are mutants everywhere. The world might wish they didn’t exist, but exist they do. And in this tale they dream, weep, laugh, have children, die and fly off.
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OFFICIAL SELECTION – UN CERTAIN REGARD – CANNES (France 1998)
BEST ACTRESS AWARD – FESTIVAL DE TAORMINA (Italie 1998)
CINE DECOUVERTE AWARD – PRIX DE L’ÂGE D’OR (Belgique 1998)
PRIX DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE 50EME ANNIVERSAIRE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME – MED FILM FESTIVAL (Italie 1998)
BEST ACTRESS AWARD – BASTIA FILM FESTIVAL (France 1998)
OCIC AWARD- BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – BUENOS AIRES FILM FESTIVAL (Argentine 1999)
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CREDIT
author-director TERESA VILLAVERDE
producer JACQUES BIDOU
productions JBA PRODUCTION, ZDF ARTE, FMB FILMS, LA SEPT CINéMA, MUTANTE FILMES, RTP, PANDORA FILMS
cast ANA MOREIRA, ALEXANDRE PINTO, NELSON VARELA
image ACACIO DE ALMEIDA
sound VASCO PIMENTEL, JOëL RANGON
year of production 1997
RPCA 92 036
all rights reserved
LANGUAGES
in Portuguese – subtitled in French / in English – 35mm / beta num pal 16/9 stéréo / beta num pal 4/3 stéréo / beta sp pal 4/3 stéréo – photography: all rights reserved