Synopsis
In the heart of Portugal, August is in full swing. People come back home for the vacations. People are having fun, dancing, shooting fireworks. Firemen are putting out forest fires. In all this excitement, the relationship between a father, his daughter and her cousin is complex. All three are musicians in a band. Tania, the daughter, is in love with her cousin…
A word from Tënk
Romance or ethnographic encounter? Documentary or fiction? Gomes takes pleasure in blurring the lines and takes us on a journey along the roads of cinema. While scouting for a fiction film that could not be financed, the filmmaker - heir of Jacques Rozier - meets a community and decides to direct its inhabitants. To the rhythm of the music and lyrics of ballroom songs, he pays tribute to rural and popular Portugal, and we are won over by the languor of the summer in the heart of the mountains. A delicious and mischievous dive into the summer season
Éva Tourrent
Filmmaker and Tënk France's Artistic Director
