Directed by
José Filipe Costa e João Ribeiro
year
2002
Duration
75 minutes
Synopsis
This film is about two Ukrainians cousins: Sergey and Eduard, who are illegal immigrants in Portugal. They work as construction workers in the outskirts of Lisbon. The two of them share a converted garage with three others illegal Ukrainian immigrants. Their life in the garage is very basic and dull, but their inner life is full of contradictory feelings and nostalgia. The film describes their final months in voluntary exile, when yearning for home becomes more acute while the question of prolonging their stay arises. Finally, they leave Portugal and the film follows their first days in their own country. What kind of dreams can give them the strength to live and survive in these inhuman conditions in a faraway land?
Crew
Image João Ribeiro
Sound José Filipe Costa
Editing Andrijana Stojkovic
Awards
2003 Prémio “Melhor Longa-Metragem” Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português
Festivals And exhibitions
2002 Doc’s Kingdom
2003 Caminhos do Cinema Português
2003 Cinéma du Réel, Org. Bibliothèque Centre Pompidou, competição Internacional
2003 Culturgest (antestreia)
2003 III Encontros de Viana – Olhares Frontais
2003 Festival DocLisboa
2004 Zinebidok 45º Festival Internacional de Documentário e Curta-metragem de Bilbao
2004 New Portuguese Documentary, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
2004 44º Festival dei Popoli, competição internacional
2005 Les Écrans Documentaires
2007 Viscult – The Festival of Visual Culture
2007 Worldfilm 2007, Tartu Festival of Visual Culture
2008 Aici si acolo, Festival de Film Pe Tem Migratei
2011 1 doc +2 curtas=3 filmes de José Filipe Costa - Encontros de Cinema na Malaposta
2011 Ciclo Terceira Metade — Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
2012 Mostra de Cinema Contemporâneo Português, Caixa Cultural, São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro
