The revolutionary Álvaro Cunhal, symbol of Portuguese communism and political giant of the 20th century. He is nothing less than a larger-than-life figure, now examined by João Botelho’s camera, in a detective-minded film, in which the early years of the life of the historic leader of the Portuguese Communist Party are explored. In between, excerpts from his own books are staged for the spectator.

A film that walks through Lisbon as a documentary, but what it really wants is to fly over the Tagus River in full fictional mode, in order to explore the south bank, from where it sets off on an adventure from Alentejo to the Algarve. The narrator is Luis Miguel Cintra and the force in motion is Marcello Urgeghe’s fugitive criminal. This screening taks place within the project FILMar, operated by Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema, with the finantial support of the EEAGrants 2020-2024 program.