Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.
Directing | João Guerra | Director |
Production | Paulo Branco | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Branco | Costume Design |
Directing | João Pedro Rodrigues | Assistant Director Trainee |
Directing | Vítor Moreira | Continuity |
Editing | Manuela Viegas | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Erica Porru | Makeup Artist |
Writing | João Guerra | Writer |
Editing | Vítor Moreira | Assistant Editor |
Writing | Jorge Silva Melo | Writer |
Camera | Vladimir Brylyakov | Director of Photography |
Directing | José Maria Vaz da Silva | Assistant Director |