It is a film of Nelson Camacho and Filipa Garcês. A comedy that draws a parallel between the poetic writing of Fernando Pessoa and the current reality of Madeira .
The idea of the scrypt for the fortunate islands arises how?
Nelson Camacho : Starts with an irresistible invitation, knew I had only two months to do it, so I accepted the challenge, on the other hand, had never done a short film with a script, which was another of the hurdles to overcome in terms of my video experience . It all starts with Filipa Garcês that is the person who follows me closely on this project, she is the co -author of the script and we started talking how we could shoot it in our fe off hours , on weekends and days off . I really like Fernando Pessoa, particularly the fortune islands and taking into account that Filipa, as an actress , had already had some experience with this and other characters, we begin to think of a story that has passed through Madeira, it was fiction and also could cause the laughter of the maderian, in our view . Everything begins with a very creative work , tireless from Filipa in the dialogues and we fought a lot to create something with logic, 15-20 minutes, which was another huge challenge , because a free short film surely would have been smaller, only by a matter of time, as we had only two months. So we got to work.
Let's talk about the script, there is a bridge between the poetry of Fernando Pessoa and the other characters , what was your biggest challenge in terms of writing ?
Filipa Garcês : Essentially it was trying to write something from today that fits the Madeiran reality, from the poem and develop the characters and the story .
Other curiosities of this film is all male characters are represented by a woman .
FG : Exactly, it was very complicated to deploy me on several characters, even more by male figures, was also a double challenge in my opinion, because it is a comedy that is an idea that is still associated with men, I can say even it was triple the effort and seeing the feedback from the audience we think it was very positive .
NC : I'd like to add that it was also a larger challenge to Filipa, from the moment we want to put the characters into contact with each other , because it is extremely difficult to account for the time necessary to response to hit the right work edition. Of course there are always tricks you can use , but it is nonetheless meticulous taking into account the long dialogues and believe me we had to repeat many times ( laughs ) .
Which of the characters each of you liked more ?
NC : I really like the intolerant, cruel police, says some truths , is incisive and think he is fantastic.
FG : I liked Sergei, the Ukrainian , because it represents the fragility of emigrants in terms of language barriers, not understanding what the locals say, the habits are different .
NC : Maybe also there is a certain shyness.
FG : It's a character that is very dear to me .
