Far Away from Here (1994)
Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.
Director: João Guerra
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Canto e Castro as Vitor |
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Filipe Cochofel as Manuel |
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Manuel Mozos as Stationmaster |
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Manuel João Vieira as Jacinto |
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Manuela de Freitas as Pharmacist |
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Monica Calle as |
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Aldina Duarte as |
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Vítor Moreira as |
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Glicínia Quartin as D. Angela |
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António Pedro Figueiredo as Artur |
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Rui Luís as Silva |
| Directing | João Guerra | Director |
| Production | Paulo Branco | Producer |
| Writing | João Guerra | Writer |
| Writing | Jorge Silva Melo | Writer |
| Editing | Manuela Viegas | Editor |
| Camera | Vladimir Brylyakov | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erica Porru | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Branco | Costume Design |
| Directing | Vítor Moreira | Continuity |
| Editing | Vítor Moreira | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | José Maria Vaz da Silva | Assistant Director |
| Directing | João Pedro Rodrigues | Assistant Director Trainee |