Nélson Guerreiro

A documentary about the life and work of musician, composer, poet, actor, activist, columnist, and music producer José Mário Branco, a multitalented man who has been using his songs to transform the country and whose lyrics make as much sense today as they did 40 years ago. The shooting began in 2005 and covered seven years of rehearsals, recordings, talks and concerts, both in Portugal and France. In this film, José Mário Branco talks about music, his convictions, his generation, the dictatorship, the colonial war and his imprisonment and exile. It is the portrait of a man for whom “the song [was always] a weapon.”

Ana wakes up and gets ready for her wedding. As she puts some make up on and dresses like a fiancé, she nostalgically reads André’s wedding proposal. What happens next is an act of pure love and courage, perpetrated by someone to whom the world didn’t always understood.

A day in the life of humble Dr. Fernando Travassos