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John From

Country: Portugal, Language: Portuguese, 98 mins

  • Director: João Nicolau
  • Writer: João Nicolau
  • Producer: Sandro Aguilar; Thomas Ordonneau

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Fifteen-year-old Rita lives in a world full of fantasy and imagination. In the sweltering afternoons of a Portuguese summer, Rita and her best friend Sara live out their adventures within and around their apartment building. The arrival of a mysterious new neighbour makes Rita’s heart beat and inspires her to indulge in daydreams about life and the world. Adolescence and the dream of impossible love turn a quiet Lisbon neighbourhood in a magical and amazing place, like a Malaysian island in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Reality and imagination intermingle in this ironic and eccentric reconstruction of two teenagers’ hot summer.


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Cast & Characters

Luisa Cruz;
Antonio Fonseca;
Adriano Luz;
Julia Palha as Rita;
Leonor Silveira;
Filipe Vargas