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FROM THE ORIGINAL NOVEL BY JOSÉ SARAMAGO

By António FERREIRA

PERSONA NON GRATA PICTURES - as PROD

Black comedy - Completed 2010

Nuno is a man working at a hotdog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner.But when Nuno is mysteriously confined to his car, he misses the once in a lifetime chance to finally produce his invention, finding his life suddenly embargoed.

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& Awards

Montréal World FF 2016

Valladolid 2016

Rio de Janeiro IFF 2016

Lund 2016

Ourense 2016

Sao Paulo IFF 2016

Austin 2016

Chicago Latino Film Festival 2016

- Year of production
- 2010
- Genres
- Black comedy
- Countries
- PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, SPAIN
- Languages
- PORTUGUESE
- Duration
- 83 mn
- Director(s)
- António FERREIRA
- Writer(s)
- Tiago SOUSA, José SARAMAGO
- Cast
- Cláudia CARVALHO, Fernando TABORDA, Filipe COSTA, José RAPOSO, Pedro DIOGO
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-15E3-0000-R-0000-0000-U
- Producer(s)
- Tathiani SACILOTTO (Persona Non Grata Pictures), António FERREIRA (Persona Non Grata Pictures)
- Synopsis
- Nuno is a man working at a hotdog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno tries desparately to sell his machine, obsessing for the success that would help him get the things he wants out of life. When Nuno is mysteriously confined to his car, he misses the once in a lifetime chance to finally produce his invention, finding his life suddenly embargoed.

EMBARGO

FROM THE ORIGINAL NOVEL BY JOSÉ SARAMAGO

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