On The Side

8.3 10
2015
34min

Portuguese Creole

English Catalan

Country: Portugal

Original Title: Hausfrauen-Report (1971)

This short film documents the apparently insignificant moments of the inhabitants of a Suburb of Lisbon, while they figure out how to continue living despite their precarious economic situation.

Portuguese Creole
English Catalan
Country: Portugal
Original Title: Hausfrauen-Report (1971)

AWARDS: Best Portuguese Short-Film Award. Indielisboa Lisbon/ Best Documentary Short Film Award. Premios Sophia Academia Portuguesa De Cinema

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Cinema Du Réel/ Dok Leipzig/ Janela International De Cinema Do Recife/ Message To Man International Film Festival/ Plateau Festival International De Cinema Da Praia/ Helsinki International Film Festival/ Frames Portuguese Film Festival/ Festival Caminhos Do Cinema Portugués/ Prémios Sophia Academia Portuguesa De Cinema/ Córtez Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra/ Desobedoc Mostra de Cinema Insubmiso/ Cinema Portugés

On The Side. Gazes at the margins of Lisbon

This film is a possible portrait of Portugal in 2015.

A time when, for some, it looks like we don’t have jobs and for others that there’s no more “free time” when we’re not working.

Or is there?