CREDITS
Directed by:
Rui Simões
WITH
Rute Batalha Pires, Leandro Pires,
Reinaldo Colombo
Special Participation:
José Galissá, Orlando Sérgio
Voice-over:
Izilda Mussuela
Testimonials:
Adriano Moreira, Aida Freudenthal, Artur da Costa, Carlos Veiga Pereira, Edmundo Rocha, Eduardo Medeiros, Fernando Vaz, Helder Martins, Luis Filipe Pereira, Manuel Lima, Pepetela, Rute Magalhães, Tchiloia Lara, Tomás Medeiros
Screenplay:
Rui Simões and Artur da Costa
Original Music:
Luis Cilia
Director of Photography:
João Serralha
Sound Recording:
Paulo Cerveira
Editing and Color Grading:
Francisco Costa
Graphics, Animation and Titles:
Sofia Ferreira
Sound Design and Mixing:
Filipe Goulart
Set Decoration:
Ana Louro
Scenography:
João Dourado
Scenographic Support:
Manuel José Grade Ribeiro
Wardrobe:
Margarida Morins
Makeup:
Danila Hatzakis
Producers:
Jacinta Barros, Rui Simões
Production:
Real Ficção
SYNOPSIS
Created during the Estado Novo fascist regime to control students coming from the portuguese overseas colonies, the Casa dos Estudantes do Império (House of the Students of the Empire) in Lisbon, with branches in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental to the independence movements in the colonies. This meeting point hosted future leaders of future anti-colonial and national movements such as Agostinho Neto and Amílcar Cabral. The documentary The House recovers memories from testimonies of the House's survivors, while simultaneously fictionalizing excerpts from Pepetela's A Geração da Utopia.
FUNDING
SUPPORT
FESTIVALS
• New York African Diaspora International Film Festival 2017
• FESTIN 2018
• Filmes do Homem 2018 – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival
• Caminhos do Cinema Português 2018
• Mostra de Cinema Português 2019
