An artistically shot film that slowly blurs the boundaries between dreams and reality as it builds into an unnerving then touching climax.
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Cast
16 people
Eduardo Silva
Known for
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
Pedro Almendra
Pedro
Also in
Doce
Para Sempre
Tiago Guedes
Patrícia Vasconcelos
João Vilela
Isabel Abreu
Clara's Mother
Also in
Odisseia
Remains of the Wind
Frederico Serra
Tiago Matos
Catarina Lacerda
Rita
Also in
Giants
1618
Branko Neškov
José Eduardo Silva
Vasco
Also in
Blood Ties
Reverso
Elsa Ferreira
Tiago Guedes Director · Frederico Serra Director Victor Estevão Cinematographer
United States release January 1, 2003 · Produced in Portugal · Original title Acordar
Production
Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Acordar
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · January 1, 2001
Premiere
United States · January 1, 2003
Newport International Film Festival
Bangladesh
January 1, 2003 · International Short and Independent Film Festival, Dhaka
Brazil
September 1, 2002 · Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival
China
January 1, 2011 · Portuguese Animation and Short films Festival
Finland
January 1, 2011 · Non Competetive Short Film Festival
France
January 1, 2002 · House of Portugal - Non Competetive Portuguese and Brazilian short Film Festival
Germany
January 1, 2002 · Best Before Hildesheim
India
January 1, 2010 · Camões's Institute of Goa
Italy
June 1, 2002 · Cinema Corto In Bra Festival Internazionale
Lithuania
January 1, 2009 · Kaunasoporto Exchange
Netherlands
January 25, 2001 · premiere
Russia
January 1, 2008 · International Short&Animation Film Festival Open Cinema
South Korea
January 1, 2006 · BUDI - Busan Universiade for Digital Contents - Portuguese Programme
Spain
January 1, 2006 · ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares
Sweden
October 24, 2001 · Uppsala International Short Film Festival
United Kingdom
January 1, 2002 · York Independent Film Festival
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