Synopse
DOCUMENTARY How does the revolution succeed? With echoes of the Western, the film tells a cinematic ballad of resistance. One day, the small community of Covas do Barroso in northern Portugal learns that the British company Savannah Resources is planning to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just a few meters from their homes. Faced with this imminent danger, citizens decide to organize and evict the company from their land. It is a battle of David against Goliath, but their hope of saving their homeland is unbroken.
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PAULO CARNEIRO (*1990 in Portugal) graduated from ESAD.CR with a degree in Sound and Image and completed a Master's degree at the National Film School (ESTC) in Lisbon and at the HEAD in Geneva. His first feature-length documentary Bostofrio (2018) was screened at more than 40 film festivals.
Info
Original Title: A Savana e a Montanha
International Title: Savanna and the Mountain
Category: Feature
Section: Vitrina
Version & Subtitles: French, English, Portuguese, Spanish OV with English subtitles
Director: Paulo Carneiro
Screenplay: Paulo Carneiro, Alex Piperno
Cast/Protagonists: Aida Fernandes, Maria Loureiro, Elisabete Pires, Daniel Loureiro, Rita Mó, Inês Mó, Nelson Gomes, Carlos Libo, Paulo Sanches
Production country: Portugal, Uruguay
Year of Production: 2024
Length: 77 min
Producer: Paulo Carneiro, Miguel de Jesus, Alex Piperno
Production company: Bam Bam Cinema
Cinematography: Duarte Domingos
Sound: Ricardo Leal, Daniel Yafalián
Editor: Magdalena Schinca, Paulo Carneiro, Alex Piperno
Music: Carlos Libo, Diego Placeres
Production Design: Paulo Carneiro, Aida Fernandes, Nelson Gomes, Lúcia Esteves
co-production company: La Pobladora Cine
World Sales: Luís Lemos, Portugal Film
