Embargo

feature film, Portugal, 2010

DIRECTED BY: António Ferreira

Embargo

CAST:
Filipe Costa (Nuno),
Cláudia Carvalho (Margarida),
Pedro Diogo (Sérgio),
José Raposo (šef),
Fernando Taborda (gdin. Alves)

SCRIPT:
Tiago Sousa (prema priči Joséa Saramaga)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Paulo Castilho,
António Ferreira

Synopsis:
Embargo is a film from 2010, based on the story by the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago. Nuno works as a hot dog vendor, while working on the invention of a scanner that could forever change the shoe industry. At a time when the country is under a gasoline embargo, Nuno finds himself in a strange situation: he remains trapped in his car and suddenly his whole life seems embargoed.

color, digital, 80 min