I Was in Lisbon and Remembered You (2015)

  • NR
  • 10/25/2015 (BR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 34m

Overview

"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

José Barahona

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Paulo Azevedo's headshot

Paulo Azevedo

Sérgio
Renata Ferraz's headshot

Renata Ferraz

Sheila
Amanda Fontoura's headshot

Amanda Fontoura

Noemi
Rodrigo Almeida's headshot

Rodrigo Almeida

Rodolfo
Henrique Frade's headshot

Henrique Frade

Dr. Fernando
Eduardo Dascar's headshot

Eduardo Dascar

João Pedro Bénard's headshot

João Pedro Bénard

Miguel Telmo's headshot

Miguel Telmo

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