Playback (2026)
PLAYBACK is not just a biopic about Carlos Paião. It's a journey into the creative universe of one of the greatest geniuses of Portuguese music. Carlos studies Medicine, lives among books, exams, and expectations, but it is in the secret of melodies, words, and imagination that he finds the place where he truly breathes. In a country still discovering new sounds, he risks exchanging the security of a white coat for the uncertainty of stages, songs, and a dream bigger than himself. Between duty and desire, reason and intuition, fear and courage, Carlos builds a unique path, made of talent, humor, creative obsession, and an almost luminous urgency to leave his mark. PLAYBACK reveals not only the songs that made Carlos Paião an unforgettable figure in Portuguese music, but also the intimate universe from which they were born.
Director: Sérgio Graciano
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Rafael Ferreira as Carlos Paião |
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Laura Dutra as Zaida Cardoso |
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Mariana do Ó as Marisa |
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Beatriz Brás as Lena |
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Guilherme Moura as Pedro Lacerda |
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Albano Jerónimo as Mário Martins |
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Anabela Moreira as |
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Sebastião Varaine as Peter |
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Rita Durão as |
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António Mortágua as |
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Rodrigo Costa as Jovem Paião |
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Teresa Faria as Avó Ofélia |
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Diogo Mesquita as Manel |
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Luis Ferreira as Eládio Clímaco |
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Beatriz Ferreira as Ana Bola |
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Grial Montes as Cigana |
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Mariana Lencastre as Celeste |
| Directing | Sérgio Graciano | Director |
| Camera | João Ribeiro | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Miguel Ângelo Moita | Sound Director |
| Editing | António Gonçalves | Editor |
| Art | Margarida Simões | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Leitão | Costumer |
| Lighting | Rodrigo Dray | Gaffer |
| Writing | Mário Cenicante | Writer |
