A 15-minute heartbreak about voices that connect—and the silence that follows.
In the late 80s, in Portugal, Manuel (18 years) and Alfredo (21 years) have been broadcasters for three years at a little pirate radio on the village they live, in the attic of Manuel’s house – the Pluto Radio. After being told by Alfredo that he was interning at an official radio Manuel, not admitting to Alfredo what he really felt about the news he struggles with the dilemma of continuing alone or not at all with the pirate radio they both had started and grew together.
Acting
Isac Graça's eyes do all the talking his character can't.
Production
The attic radio station feels lived-in, dusty, and desperately alive.
Direction
Tiago Amorim stretches 15 minutes into an entire emotional lifetime.
Director
Tiago Amorim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pirate radio flourished in 1980s Portugal as a democratizing force after the Carnation Revolution, making Pluto Radio a metaphor for unauthorized voices finding space.
The title frequency 78.4 FM doesn't exist in standard broadcasting—their love was always on an unauthorized wavelength.
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