A METAMORFOSE DOS PÁSSAROS

THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS

By Catarina VASCONCELOS

PRIMEIRA IDADE - as PROD

Documentary - Production 2020


Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Encounters FIPRESCI Prize
Spirit of Fire 2020
Competition
True/False 2020
New Directors / New Films 2020
Vilnius International Film Festival 2020
FICCI Cartagena 2020
Thessaloniki IFF 2020
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • PORTUGAL
    • Languages
    • PORTUGUESE
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 101 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Catarina VASCONCELOS
    • Writer(s)
    • Catarina VASCONCELOS
    • Producer(s)
    • Joana GUSMÃO (PRIMEIRA IDADE), Pedro FERNANDES DUARTE (PRIMEIRA IDADE)
    • Synopsis
    • A man and a woman meet. On her 21st birthday, they married. He is a sailor and lives at the sea. On shore, she takes care of the house, the six children and the garden. Beatriz was a tree with deep roots, while Mário hovered at sea. Their relationship was built through love letters. Jacinto, the eldest child and my father, wanted to be a gardener. One day grandmother Beatriz dies. But Jacinto never forgot what was like seeing the world perched in her arms.