Colossal Youth – Pedro Costa retrospective – Cinema Galeries

Colossal Youth – Pedro Costa retrospective

Juventude Em Marcha
Directed byPedro Costa
  • ORIGINAL LANGUAGE PT
  • SUBTITLES EN
  • Duration 155
  • Prices 9.00 €, 7.00 €, 6.50 €, 6.00 €
  • Moderator ticket Article 27, Arsène 50
  • Abonnement Carte 5 places, UGC Unlimited

Synopsis

Neglected by his wife Clotilde, Ventura, a Cape Verdean worker from the suburbs of Lisbon, is lost between the old dilapidated neighbourhood where he has lived until now and his new home in a newly completed block of flats. All the lost youngsters Ventura meets become his own children.

Synopsis

Neglected by his wife Clotilde, Ventura, a Cape Verdean worker from the suburbs of Lisbon, is lost between the old dilapidated neighbourhood where he has lived until now and his new home in a newly completed block of flats. All the lost youngsters Ventura meets become his own children.

By Pedro Costa

Born in Lisbon, Pedro Costa attended classes taught by the poet and filmmaker António Reis at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. His first film Blood had its world premiere at the Mostra di Venezia, in 1989. Down to Earth, his second feature, shot in Cabo Verde, screened in Cannes, in 1994. His other works include In Vanda’s Room (2000), Colossal Youth, screened in Competition in Cannes, in 2006, and Horse Money, which was awarded the Pardo per la migliore regia at the Locarno Film Festival, in 2014.