Légua
A sumptuous estate in the north of Portugal deserted by its heirs is now home only to a bigoted elderly housekeeper. As she carries out her household chores punctiliously, she is assisted by Ana, whose laborer husband has gone to work in France, leaving her and their restless teenage daughter behind. Légua examines the disappearance of an old order left behind by its masters, whose last loving guardians are servants caught between the passivity they know and the reappropriation of a heritage they understand better than those who hired them.
Director
Filipa Reis
Filipa Reis has been a film director and producer since 2000. With a postgraduate degree in Cinema and Television, in 2008 Filipa founded the production company Uma Pedra no Sapato.
Filipa and João codirected several documentaries, that were selected and awarded at international film festivals including IDFA, Cinéma du Réel, DOK Leipzig and BAFICI. Djon África, their debut fiction feature, premiered at Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition in 2018.
João Miller Guerra
João Miller Guerra is a director, editor and visual artist with a Design major and post graduate course in Painting.
Filipa and João codirected several documentaries, that were selected and awarded at international film festivals including IDFA, Cinéma du Réel, DOK Leipzig and BAFICI. Djon África, their debut fiction feature, premiered at Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition in 2018.
Artistic & technical sheet
Carla Maciel (Ana), Fátima Soares (Emília), Vitória Nogueira da Silva (Mónica), Sara Machado (Sofia), Paulo Calatré (Victor), Manuel Mozos (Guilherme)
Screenplay
João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis, Sara Morais, José Filipe Costa, Letícia Simões
Photography
Vasco Viana
Sound
Benoît Guérineau, Benoït Gargonne, Johann Nallet
Editing
Luísa Homem
Music
Ricardo Jacinto, Hypogeo
Production design
Marco Ascanio Viarigi
production
Uma Pedra no Sapato (Portugal)
Rachel Daisy Ellis
Filipa Reis
+351 211913524
info@umapedranosapato.com
www.umapedranosapato.com
coproduction
Laranja Azul (Portugal)
Catarina Mourão
KG Productions (France)
Alexandre Gavras
Stayblack Productions (Italy)
Jon Coplon
foreign sales
ventes internationales
Luxbox
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international press
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