Synopsis

In 1984, on the 40th floor, a woman hesitates. Memories come and go, erased by a threatening circle penciled in red on her brain X-ray. Now she determines to jump down. But suddenly, a familiar voice calls her and Amália looks back at her grandfather, in Lisbon, sixty years before, when she sang for the first time in front of an audience. The first biopic of the greatest Portuguese singer is a musical feature in which Fado and symphonic music play alongside a passionate untold story. In the unveiled life of Amália Rodrigues - from extreme poverty to stages all over the world - the camera travels through the private and public moments that inspired the artist’s unique performances and style. The original voice will be heard in remastered 5.1 Dolby. Based on a solid script and various characters performed by some of the best Portuguese actors the plot progresses in a swift and gripping narrative filled with conflicts derived from her real life. Doomed by a brain tumor and a premise, “if there is death, then life is absurd”, Amália goes through decades looking for freedom of singing, searching for a holding hand or for a simple push in the darkness, her favorite element. That is why cinema dressed her in black, the colour of the Fado. The time has come to capture the intriguing smile differently and show the world, on screen, all the feelings hidden for decades in her soul. - Director’s Statement ​

감독

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  • 카를로스 코엘료 다 실바
  • 카를로스 코엘료 다 실바 감독은 미국에서 영화를 공부했으며 1990년부터 포르투갈에서 연출을 시작했다. 주로 TV 시리즈의 감독으로 활동하면서 < Aventura>, < Idolos>등을 연출하던 그는 2005년 < Crime do Padre Amaro>로 장편영화 감독으로도 데뷔했다. 이 외에도 다큐멘터리 < Bushy Mush> 등을 비롯, 다양한 작품을 연출하고 있다.