Entre Muros | In between walls
João Ribeiro and José Filipe Costa | 2003
Betacam SP | 75'

[Synopsis]
This story is about two Ukrainians: Sergey and Eduard, who are illegal immigrants in Portugal. They work as construction workers in the suburbs of Lisbon. The two of them share a converted garage with three other illegal Ukranian immigrants. Their life in the garage is very basic and dull, but their inner life is full of contradictory feelings and nostalgia. The film describes their final months in voluntary exile when yearning for home becomes more acute while the question of prolonging their stay also arises. Finally, they leave Portugal and the film follows their first days in their own country. What kind of dreams can give them the strength to live and survive in these inhuman conditions in a faraway land?

[Credits]
Directors: João Ribeiro and José Filipe Costa
Image: João Ribeiro
Sound Recording: José Filipe Costa
With: Eduard Onyshchuk and Sergey Rodikov
Editing: Andrijana Stojkovic
Sound Mixing: Vasco Pimentel
Music: Filipe Melo
Production: Laranja Azul (Lisbon, Portugal)
Executive Producer: Catarina Alves Costa
Line Producer: Rita Forjaz
Associate Producer: Marie Clemence Blanc-Paes
Financial Support: ICAM and RTP (Portugal)

[Awards and Exhibitions]
Oficial Selection of International Competition in Festival Cinema du Reél - Paris, March 2003
Oficial Selection of International Competition in ZINEBIDOK (International Documentary Film Festival) - Bilbao, November 2003
Oficial Selection of International Competition in Festival dei Popoli - Florence, November 2003