Synopsis
Alberto is forty years old. He's always lived with his mother in a building complex dating from the 1980s. He works as a watchman there and only goes out to walk his dog, Lassie. One day, a circus pitches its tents nearby, upsetting Alberto's daily life and stimulating his repressed desire for independence and freedom.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : Vertical Production
- Foreign production company : Curtas Metragem CRL
Full credits (16)
- Screenwriter : Miguel Clara Vasconcelos
- Director of Photography : Manuel Pinho Braga
- Music Composer : Arthur Jacquin
- Assistant director : Joana Carneiro Reis
- Editor : Diogo Baldaia
- Sound Recordist : Rafael Gonçalves Cardoso
- Costume designer : Joana Freire
- Foreign Producer : Miguel Dias
- Co-producer : Louise Hentgen
- Assistant Operator : Ana Ramos
- Production manager : Milene Coroado
- Sound Editor : Rafael Gonçalves Cardoso
- Continuity supervisor : André Silva Santos
- Production Designer : Inês Lebreaud
- Make-up Artist : Pedro Ferreira
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Marc Schick
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Circus, Dreams, Encounters
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : Portugal (56.0%), France (44.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Portugal, France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 148.192
- Visa issue date : 12/02/2019
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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