Directed by
Catarina Mourão

year
2001

Duration
75 minutes

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 pressurised daily 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.

crew
Photography  João Ribeiro
Sound  Armanda Carvalho
Editing  Pedro Mateus Duarte
Production  Catarina Alves Costa