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Cinema Elvire Popesco -
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 18:00
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului -
Thursday, March 29, 2018 - 21:00
Written by:
João Pedro Rodrigues
Cast:
João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata, Maria Rosa Colaço, Ricardo Meneses, Amândio Coroado, Maria João Guerra da Mata, Amândio Coroado
Cinematography:
João Pedro Rodrigues, Jacob Wiener, José Magro, João Rui Guerra da Mata, Amândio Coroado
Editing:
João Pedro Rodrigues, Tomás Paula Marques
Sound:
Nuno Carvalho
Producer:
João Pedro Rodrigues for Centre Pompidou
Romanian Premiere
Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? is a delicate rumination on the transcendental intersection of beauty, life and nature, as parsed through filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues’ self-reflexive auteurial gaze. Using his last recent film as a thematic starting-point, Rodrigues’ figure dissolves its reflection in the nature outside his window and the film begins its chronological flow through Rodrigues’ haunting home-movie memories. From his appearance at the Venice Film Festival alongside his partner João Rui Guerra da Mata to on-set footage from his third feature, the poetic summation of one’s lived life takes shape. In the end, the titular question finds its answer in Thoreau’s quote: go confidently in the direction of your dreams. (Andrei Tănăsescu, BIEFF 2018)
Director:
Contact:
rjoaopedro[at]gmail[dot]com
Festivals, awards:
- Award for Best National Film – Curtas Vila do Conde 2017
- International Documentary Film Amsterdam 2017
- Mar Del Plata IFF 2017
- Curtacinema 2017
Curatorial comment:
Having recently passed the age of 50, media vita so to speak, João Pedro Rodrigues looks back over his life up to now. The Portuguese filmmaker reflects on what has brought him where he is today and what people and experiences have shaped his vision and way of working. We hear about his early career as one of the first openly gay directors in his country, and about his relationship with the Mozambican screenwriter João Rui Guerra da Mata. In this lyrical self-portrait, Rodrigues mixes home movies with excerpts from his own films and impressionist images accompanied by an associative flow of ideas. The annual migration of the monarch butterfly from Canada to Mexico acts as a metaphor for these fluttering, yet purposeful, associations. Rodrigues looks forward as well as backward. The cemetery in which the writers Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne are buried symbolizes not only Rodrigues’ sources of inspiration, but also his own end. (IDFA Amsterdam)
Having recently passed the age of 50, media vita so to speak, João Pedro Rodrigues looks back over his life up to now. The Portuguese filmmaker reflects on what has brought him where he is today and what people and experiences have shaped his vision and way of working. We hear about his early career as one of the first openly gay directors in his country, and about his relationship with the Mozambican screenwriter João Rui Guerra da Mata. In this lyrical self-portrait, Rodrigues mixes home movies with excerpts from his own films and impressionist images accompanied by an associative flow of ideas. The annual migration of the monarch butterfly from Canada to Mexico acts as a metaphor for these fluttering, yet purposeful, associations. Rodrigues looks forward as well as backward. The cemetery in which the writers Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne are buried symbolizes not only Rodrigues’ sources of inspiration, but also his own end. (IDFA Amsterdam)