I Was in Lisbon and Remembered You (2015)
"In the beginning of this project, I wanted to do a documentary film based on this book by Luiz Ruffato. However, I ended up doing a feature film with many links to documentary. I wanted to know what made Brazilians want to emigrate to Portugal. I chose working with amateur actors and non-actors in both cities, so their own life stories and experiences could be in the film. I did the other way round from the writer. He found these people and made them characters of his book. I looked for people who had similar stories to those described in the book, and made them characters of my film. When I read the book, I was seduced by its "false documentary" characteristic. The book was all written as if it was the transcription of an oral interview the writer had done in Lisbon. I decided to keep this narrative in the film, by a narration with the main character talking to the camera. It's a film about emigration. About dreams and disappointments," says Barahona
Director:
José Barahona
Writer:
José Barahona
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Paulo Azevedo as Sérgio |
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Renata Ferraz as Sheila |
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Amanda Fontoura as Noemi |
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Rodrigo Almeida as Rodolfo |
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Henrique Frade as Dr. Fernando |
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Eduardo Dascar as |
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João Pedro Bénard as |
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Miguel Telmo as |
| Directing | José Barahona | Director |
| Editing | José Barahona | Editor |
| Editing | Patrícia Saramago | Editor |
| Sound | Felipe Ayres | Music |
| Production | Carolina Dias | Producer |
| Production | António Ferreira | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Luiz Ruffato | Book |
| Writing | José Barahona | Screenplay |
| Camera | Daniel Costa Neves | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Pedro Sá Earp | Sound |
| Sound | Tiago Matos | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tiago Matos | Sound Editor |
| Production | Fernando Vendrell | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mônica Botelho | Co-Producer |