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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2000 - 15.22 July

Sections & Films

AMONG US

Category: Edition 2000

Synopsis
Antonio lives with his father, the owner of a mechanic’s shop. The boy writes poetry in secret, while his father wants him to become an accountant. One day the man, who is a tyrant to his staff, orders one of them to threaten a client to make him pay up. The young man, a coloured immigrant with a wife and children, is forced to obey and ends up being beaten and arrested. To the police, Antonio’s father denies all responsibility and his son, who knows everything, is faced with an important decision.

Original Title Entre Nós
Italian Title Among Us
Category Official Competition
Section Rear Window
Tipology Short Film
Duration 20'
Production Year 1999
Nationality Portugal
Directed by Margarida Cardoso
Screenplay Margarida Cardoso
Main cast Ângelo Torres, Cândido Ferreira, Rita Coxe, Rogério Samora

 regista margarida cardosoMARGARIDA CARDOSO

Margarida Cardoso was born in Portugal in 1963. She studied Image and Audiovisual Communication at the Antonio Arroio School, from which she received her diploma. Between 1983 and 1996 she worked as a script editor and assistant director on more than 40 Portuguese and international films. As a director, her filmography includes numerous films as well.