Born in Lisbon during the Fascist Regime in order to control students coming from the portuguese overseas colonies, the Casa Estudantes do Império, with delegations in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental to the independence movements in the colonies. Through that meeting point passed future anti-colonial and national movement leaders such as Agostinho Neto and Amílcar Cabral. The House recovers memories and testimonies by some of its remaining survivors while also adapting to screen excerpts of Pepetela's novel "A Geração da Utopia".

Cast | Rute Batalha Pires; Leandro Pires; Reinaldo Colombo
Special participation | José Galissá, Orlando Sérgio
Voice Over| Izilda Mussuela
Interviewees | 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

Director | Rui Simões
Script | Rui Simões and Artur da Costa
Original Music| Luis Cilia

Director of Photography | João Serralha
Sound Director | Paulo Cerveira
Editing & Colour Correction | Francisco Costa
Graphics, Animation & Titles | Sofia Ferreira
Sound Engineering & Mixing | Filipe Goulart
Set Director | Ana Louro
Set Decorator & Designer | João Dourado
Illustrator | Manuel José Grade Ribeiro
Costumes | Margarida Morins
Make-Up| Danila Hatzakis
Assistant Director | André Torres
2nd Camera | Gonçalo Pôla
Aditional Camera| Eulàlia Alvarez Puig
Set Photographer | Alexandre Simões
Gaffer & Key Grip| Nuno Janeiro
Electric | Manuel Romualdo
Make-Up Assistant | Cátia Fialho
Production Assistant | Carolina Castro Almeida
Interns | Guilherme Caeiro e Pedro Tavares

Mozambique Unit
Camera | André Guiomar
Sound and Camera Assistant | Rui Namburete
Ilumination | Henrique Cardoso
Driver | Francisco Muchanga
Production Assistant | Marieta Manjate

Producers | Jacinta Barros e Rui Simões