The Place of Chimeras

An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world created by the visionary and insane dreamer is recreated and performed between a symbiosis of moving image, photography and painting- in a scenic, dramatic, symbolic and mystical tone.

Cast

David Figueiredo

Ana Rita Lisboa

Luís Cruz

Dinis Brito

Clara Lopes

Teresa Matos

Manuela Penafria

as Narrator

Miguel Caló

as Narrator

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