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DREAMING OF LIONS SONHAR COM LEÕES

Sat 19 Jul 23:00
Summer stage, Palić DREAMING OF LIONS
  • 1:28
  • 300 rsd
Portugal, Spain, Brazil 2024
Selection : Official Selection
Director: Paolo Marinou-Blanco
Writer: Paolo Marinou-Blanco
Cast: Denise Fraga, João Nunes, Monteiro, Joana Ribeiro, Sandra Faleiro, Victoria Guerra
Cinematography: Glauco Firpo
Editing: Bruno Lasevicius. Kathryn J. Schubert
Costume designer: Maria Barbalho
Soundtrack: Toni M. Mir
Production: Promenade, Darya Films, Capuri, Cinètica
Producer: Justin Amorim, Paolo Marinou-Blanco, Eduardo Rezende, Luis Ortas Pau
Filmography: 2024 Dreaming of Lions 2021 Empty Hands (short) 2008 Goodnight Irene
Dreaming of Lions is an absurdist tragicomedy about euthanasia and assisted suicide. Gilda, a Brazilian immigrant living in Lisbon, has reached the end of the line. A retired high school teacher with a razor-sharp sarcastic wit, she has one year left to live due to a malignant cancer in her spinal cord. Her only wish is to die while she’s still herself, still has her dignity and without pain. However, after four failed suicide attempts, Gilda’s afraid to try again, which leads her to the multinational corporation that organizes expensive workshops on euthanasia and suicide for terminally ill people. There she meets Amadeu, who is in an apparently similar life situation. But whereas Gilda is a force of nature, who sees through the world’s lies with her dark humor, Amadeu is a kind, simple, introverted funeral agency worker. Back to...
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