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“The Other Lisbon Story”

“Lisbon Story”, in this film Wim Wenders pays tribute to Federico Fellini where he shows the city of Lisbon as the perfect postcard. Oppositely to the reality shown in the film "Lisbon Story" our film "The Other Lisbon Story" will try, in a symbolic way, to point out the actual following rapid and frightening gentrification events in which the city of Lisbon is going through.

The mass intensification of tourism in Lisbon has implied a significant change to the quotidian lives of its own town inhabitants. Many residents in historical Lisbon neighborhoods are no longer able to cope with the sudden rise of the property rent. And as a result they have been forced to move out from the town center onto the suburban areas.

At the moment Lisbon is experiencing an international touristic peak with revenues that significantly will contribute greatly to the country's economy, but with the absence of a non-apparent strategic plan could bring negative consequences in future.

Also apart from the film "The Other Lisbon Story", we have created three other short videos where we included interviews made to some witnesses that we approached and coming into contact with on the street. With the intuition to discover the old and present identity of Lisbon. The objective is based in a provocative and funny way to confront an audience with questions and answers that would explore the truly today essence of Lisbon's character.

We were also proud to work with the renowned actress Joana Ribeiro, who debuted this year at the Cannes Film Festival with Terry Gilliams's "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote."

The song that is used in the movie, "Desassossego", was kindly donated by the renowned Portuguese musical band "Dead Combo". A duo that in the last decade has become essential to the Portuguese scene.

Crew

Written and Directed by Ines von Bonhorst & Yuri Pirondi

Starring by Joana Ribeiro

Produced by Joana Cunha
Cinematography by Luis Graciano Calisto Afonso, Miguel Manso, and Hugo Folgado
Production assistant // On-Set Photographer: Edgar de Oliveira
Production assistant & Assistant de Camera: Jorge Sousa
Costume designer of the protagonist: Márcia Sequeira & Ana Lomba
Makeup & hair artist of the protagonist: Rossano Fasano

Featuring: José Fonseca, Tânia de Oliveira, Bianca Brunstein, Sofia A. Carvalho, Rui Silva & Manuel Frade Almeida

Márcia Sequeira, Paulo Morais, Ana Lomba, Fabiola Freitas, Joao Vitor Machado, Jorge Valadas, Nelson Esteves, Maya Raghavan, Fábio Ramos, Lívia da Cruz, Marta Angelozzi, Alice and Kyazi de Oliveira.

Original Music: “Desassossego” from the group “Dead Combo”

Many Thanks:

Juliano zappia, Rita Teixeira de Abreu, Kátia Sá, José Lourenço, Nuno Loreti, Vimal Bachu, Parito Vimal Bachu, Oudina Alves Correia, Alexandre Lopes, Ivair B. G. Nhuqui, Edir Pereira, Fernandes Dias, Claudia Pataco, João Silveira, José da Silva and Rui Sereno. Also thanks to the locations Capitólio, the restaurant: Leitaria da Anunciada and the bar: Ginja Sem Rival.