A filmmaker so obscure even Portuguese cinema forgot him—until now.
He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?
Direction
Monteiro turns archival absence into haunting presence.
Editing
Juxtaposes glowing testimonials with total distribution void.
Production
Made without Macedo's films available—pure oral history alchemy.
Director
João Monteiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Macedo's 1972 sci-fi film 'A Promessa' was so poorly distributed that even most interviewees here hadn't seen it.
The 'Cinema Novo' movement's collapse after 1974's Carnation Revolution mirrors how revolutionary governments often abandon experimental art.
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