O Esqueleto (2025)
The film tells us how university vacations changed our protagonist's life. The vacations took him home, as they did every year, but that year he was overcome by the vertigo of passion, culminating in a marriage proposal. Everything turns out to be ephemeral, misleading, where the betrayal of his closest friend may, after all, stem solely from his characteristic recklessness. But the reasons don't matter, what matters are the actions and their interpretation by each of the characters, which lead to the supreme act of love... and revenge.
Director: João Roque
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Vera Moura as |
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Miguel Amorim as |
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Carlos Malvarez as |
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Miguel Raposo as |
| Writing | Camilo Castelo Branco | Novel |
| Directing | João Roque | Director |
| Writing | João Félix | Writer |
| Writing | Miguel Simal | Writer |
| Production | José Carlos de Oliveira | Producer |
| Production | Ricardo Pugschitz | Producer |
| Production | Patrícia Vasconcelos | Casting |
| Directing | Matilde Jacobetty | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Miguel Formosinho Mendes | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Diogo Lourenço | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | João Teixeira | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Vasco Vala Cruz | Editor |
| Editing | Ricardo Pugschitz | Editor |
| Editing | João Roque | Editor |
| Camera | Hugo Azevedo | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Flávio Tomé | Costume Design |
| Art | Rui Alves | Art Direction |
| Sound | Bruno Camarinha | Sound |
| Editing | Nuno Garcia | Colorist |