Directed by
Catarina Mourão
year
2001
Duration
75 minutes
Synopsis
Houses to sell…houses to live in…houses to fill and die in…Mr. António Carlos works in a real estates agency, he is pressurised daily by his superiors to close contracts and bring profit to the company. Joana, a single mother, and her baby, Joaquim, are moving house hoping for a different life. Mr. Pinto has an old-fashioned removal company and his days are spent waiting for the phone to ring, but there isn’t much work and when finally work shows up it always hides a surprise. Three stories set in Oporto, Portugal, about people, houses, and restless lonely urban lives.
crew
Photography João Ribeiro
Sound Armanda Carvalho
Editing Pedro Mateus Duarte
Production Catarina Alves Costa
Awards
2002 Prémio Melhor Produção e Melhor Fotografia no DocLisboa
Festivals and exhibitions
2002 DocLisboa
2002 Ante-Estreia na Casa das Artes no Festival Odisseia das Imagens
2002 Doc’s Kingdom II Seminário Internacional de Documentário
2002 Rassegna Internacional de cinema Documental
2002 Festival Internacional de Documentários San Benedetto del Croce
2002 Festival Les Écrans Documentaires
2003 Cinemateca Portuguesa
2003 Festa do Avante
2004 Cinema King
2004 Estreia Comercial em Sala - Lisboa e Porto
2005 Festival CinePort
2006 Festibérico
2007 World Film Festival Tartu