CREDITS
Written and Directed by:
Stefan Lechner
WITH
David Gonçalves, Ana Maria Isidro, Paulo Silva, Duarte Nunes,
Adriano Luís Pina, Maria Alves, Tina Santos, Alexandre Duarte,
Bruno Gonçalves, Hendriktje Ruiter, Jaime Nunes,
Fernanda Proença, José Cardoso, Rui Costa,
Maria Argentina Ferreira, Pedro Dias, Pedro Martins,
Marlene Vilanova, Fernando Morais, Maura Aires,
Maja Milinkovic
Cinematography:
Vasco Saltão, Vasco Viana
Sound:
Olivier Blanc
Editing:
Stefan Lechner, Patricia Saramago
Script Consultant:
Arash T. Riahi
Opening Titles and Graphics:
Sofia Ferreira
Color Grading:
Filipe Fernandes
Audio Editing:
Eve Corrêa-Guedes
Audio Mixing:
Branko Neskov c.a.s.
Technical Coordination:
João Serralha
Pre-Production Coordination:
Leigh Carapeto
Production Assistant:
Carolina Castro Almeida
Producers:
Jacinta Barros and Rui Simões
Production:
Real Ficção
SYNOPSIS
Abandoning a life of petty crime, David strives to fulfil his life-long ambition to become a professional singer of Fado, Portugal's unique popular folksong. Together with his best friend Adriano, he starts performing on Lisbon's Fado Vadio circuit in order to perfect his craft. Adriano's strong voice swiftly brings him attention and paid gigs, whilst David struggles. So, David decides to enter the annual Fado Competition and to sing one of his own poems in order to get exposure.
VADIO is a human portrait of redemption, perhaps unattainable through music but possible with poetry. Unfortunately, David doesn't want to be a poet. It is a love story for a bygone Lisbon and Fado, where people still find catharsis singing songs about their sorrows.
FUNDING
FESTIVALS
• DocLisboa 2018
• IN-EDIT Festival Barcelona
• Caminhos do Cinema Português 2019
• IN-EDIT Festival
• See The Sound 2020
AWARDS
• Audience Award – Best Portuguese Film – DocLisboa 2018
