Film sessions for young audiences
(3rd cycle and secondary school)
22 JAN 2025 / 10h30
Centro Cultural de Lagos
Volta à Terra tells the story of an endangered community: farmers who practice subsistence farming in a mountainous village of northern Portugal, deserted because of immigration.
Between the evocation of the past and their uncertain future, we follow the 49 inhabitants through four seasons.
Among the inhabitants we meet António, a former emigrant who fulfilled his dream of returning home, prepares the village festivities for the coming summer, and Daniel, young shepherd who dreams of love at dusk.
Cast: Daniel Xavier Pereira, António Guimarães, Daniela Baroso e Uzenses
Shot and Directed by: João Pedro Plácido
Written: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, João Pedro Plácido
Editing: Pedro Marques
Color correction: Paulo Américo
Sound consultant: Vasco Pimentel
Sound editing: Hugo Leitão
Sound mix: Denis Séchaud
Producers: Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
Co-producers: Joëlle Bertossa, Nora Philippe
© 2014 O SOM E A FÚRIA, CLOSE UP FILMS, LES FILMS DE L’AIR
PT / 2013 / Documentary / 78′ / M12
João Pedro Plácido was born in Lisbon, 1979. He began directing and shooting music videos at 19, and later attended the School of Theatre and Film (Lisbon) and the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehn (Babelsberg). He is fluent in five languages and has been working in features, shorts, documentaries and commercials all around the world since 2000, first as a camera assistant, and since 2009 as a cinematographer. His work has received national and international awards. VOLTA À TERRA is his first film.
