"The time is now, a numbing and timeless present of hospital stays, bureaucratic questioning, and wandering through remembered spaces... and suddenly it is also then, the mid '70s and the ... See full summary
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"The time is now, a numbing and timeless present of hospital stays, bureaucratic questioning, and wandering through remembered spaces... and suddenly it is also then, the mid '70s and the time of Portugal's Carnation Revolution, when Ventura got into a knife fight with his friend Joaquim." This is the synopsis from the press notes. The film is a sequel of sorts to Costa's "Colossal Youth" with Ventura again playing himself.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Ventura | ||
| Vitalina Varela | ||
| Tito Furtado | ||
| Benvindo Tavares | ||
| Antonio Santos | - | Living statue (as António Santos) |
| Alberto 'Lento' Barros | - | (as Alberto Barros) |
| Pedro Tavares | ||
| Isabel Cardoso | ||
| António Semedo Moreno | - | (as António Semedo) |
| Luiz Mendonça | - | (as Luís Mendonça) |
| Arlindo Pina | ||
| José António Veiga | ||
| João Gomes | ||
| Maurício Fernandes | ||
| Joel Santos |
The scene in the elevator, in which Ventura is confronted with the frozen soldier and voices from his past, apparently took 3 months to shoot. Director Pedro Costa described the process as very difficult considering Ventura really was very mentally ill during the shoot.