António, Lindo António (António, Dashing António)

Synopsis

Antonio, the director’s uncle, left Portugal for Brazil 50 years ago, at the age of 19 – never to return. Over the years, he has promised his mother that he would come back… but half a century later, she is still waiting. Why did he never return? "He may believe that life lasts a lifetime, but no," says his brother Bento, indignant. His 90-year-old mother has grown bitter and resigned: "If he doesn't give a damn about me, likewise!" Between the Portuguese hamlet where the uncle was born and grew up, and the megalopolis of Rio where he lives in a self-imposed exile, there is a world of misunderstanding and things that go unsaid.

Original Title
ANTÓNIO, LINDO ANTÓNIO
Director
Ana Maria Gomes
Producer
Anne Luthaud, Le G.R.E.C.
Script
Ana Maria Gomes
Photography
Ana Maria Gomes
Lisa Persson
Editing
Ana Maria Gomes
Suzana Pedro
Sound
Henrique Ligeiro, Diana Meireles, António Carlos Jesus
Main Actors
Mixage Colin Idier
Original Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
French, English

Film Statistics

  • 741 Spectators
  • 29 Festival Selections
  • 17 Exhibitions
  • 4 Awards

Awards and Selections

10.2015
Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, France
11.2015
EntreVues, Belfort International Film Festival, France
Grand Prize, Public Award
07.2016
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
Prize Best Portuguese Short Film, Audience Award
10.2016
Nice Short Film Festival, France
Grand Prize
12.2016
Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Cineclub Award
03.2017
DeVIR - Associação de Actividades Culturais, Portugal
03.2017
Córtex - Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra, Portugal
09.2017
VISTACURTA - Short Film Festival of Viseu, Portugal
04.2019
Córtex - Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra, Portugal
10.2020
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
06.2023
Cineclube de Viseu - Sessão Junho , Portugal
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Other Screenings

08.2016
Cinema ao Ar Livre - Cineclube do Porto
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Forum Eugénio de Almeida
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube Aurélio da Paz dos Reis
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Albufeira
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Oeiras Parque
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Leiria
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Madeira
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Fórum Algarve
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Forum Coimbra
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Cascais
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Alfragide
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Almada
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube Espalhafitas em Abrantes
12.2016
SHORT FILM DAY - Zoom Cineclube
04.2017
Cinema Português: Novos Olhares
05.2017
Cineclube da Maia - Maio
09.2017
444 - Quatro Curtas à Quarta Quarta - Setembro
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