Desassossego | Restless
Catarina Mourão | 2004
35 mm, Digital Betacam | 75'

[Synopsis]
Houses to sell…houses to live in…houses to fill and die in…
Mr. António Carlos works in a real estates agency, he is daily pressurized by his superiors to close contracts and bring profit to the company.
Joana, a single mother, and her baby, Joaquim, are moving house hoping for a different life.
Mr. Pinto has an old-fashioned removal company and his days are spent waiting for the phone to ring, but there isn’t much work and when finally work shows up it always hides a surprise.
Three stories set in Oporto, Portugal, about people, houses, and restless lonely urban lives.

[Credits]
Director: Catarina Mourão
Photography: João Ribeiro
Sound: Armanda Carvalho
Editing: Pedro Duarte
Sound Post-Production: Tiago Matos
Production: Catarina Alves Costa
Company Production: Laranja Azul
Financial support: ICAM (Portugal), RTP (Portugal)

[Awards and Exhibitions]
Award for Best Production and Best Photography in Festival DocLisboa - Lisbon, Portugal 2002
Les Écrans du Documentaire - Paris, France 2002
Doc’s Kingdom - Serpa, Portugal 2002
Commercial Exibition in King Cinemas (Lisbon) and Nun’Álvares (Oporto) by Atalanta Filmes (May/June 2004)