FEATURE FILM
©deFilm 2025
Synopsis
Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he becomes entangled in an intimate yet unbalanced relationship with two inhabitants of the city, Diara and Gui. As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.
Project details
- Production countries: PORTUGAL | FRANCE | ROMANIA | BRAZIL
- Produced by: UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO and TERRATREME in co-production with STILL MOVING | deFilm | BUBBLES PROJECT
- With the support of: INSTITUTO DO CINEMA E DO AUDIOVISUAL | AIDE AUX CINÉMAS DU MONDE – CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE – INSTITUT FRANÇAIS | CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE ET DE L’INSTITUTO DO CINEMA E DO AUDIOVISUAL – AIDE A LA COPRODUCTION D’OEUVRES CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUES FRANCO-PORTUGAISES | ANCINE – AGÊNCIA NATIONAL DO CINEMA | BANCO REGIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DO EXTREMO SUL | FUNDO SETORIAL DO AUDIOVISUAL | CENTRUL NATIONAL AL CINEMATOGRAFIEI ROMÂNIA | RÁDIO TELEVISÃO PORTUGUESA | PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA | CARREFOUR – HAVAS MEDIA | FUNDO DE APOIO AO TURISMO E AO CINEMA | PORGRAMA GARANTIR CULTURA | CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA OF THE EUROPEAN UNION | AVANPOST MEDIA
- Running time: 3 h 30 min
- Genre: Drama
- Original language: Portuguese, Creole
- Released: 2025
Credits
- Cast: SÉRGIO CORAGEM | CLEO DIÁRA | JONATHAN GUILHERME | ROXANA IONESCO
- Director: PEDRO PINHO
- Writers: PEDRO PINHO | MIGUEL SEABRA LOPES | JOSÉ FILIPE COSTA | LUÍSA HOMEM | MARTA LANÇA | MIGUEL CARMO | TIAGO HESPANHA | LEONOR NOIVO | LUÍS MIGUEL CORREIA | PAUL CHOQUET
- Producers: FILIPA REIS | TIAGO HESPANHA | PEDRO PINHO | JULIETTE LEPOUTRE | PIERRE MENAHEM | IOANA LASCĂR | RADU STANCU | TATIANA LEITE
- Associate Producers: CARMEN RIZAC | VLAD RĂDULESCU
- Director of Photography: IVO LOPES ARAÚJO
- Editors: RITA M. PESTANA | KAREN AKERMAN | CLÁUDIA OLIVEIRA | PEDRO PINHO
- Sound design: PABLO LAMAR
- Re-recording mixer: MARIUS LEFTĂRACHE
- Sound: JULES VALEUR
- Production design and costumes: CAMILLE LEMONNIER | LIVIA LATTANZIO | ANA MELEIRO
- Hair and make up: AMI CAMARÁ
Awards
- Best Actress Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard | 2025
Festivals
- Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard | 2025
- Goteborg Film Festival | 2025
© deFilm (RO) | UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO (PT) | TERRATREME (PT) | STILL MOVING (FR) | DE FILM | BUBBLES PROJECT (BR) | 2025