Ibero-American Film Series: José & Pilar

The Embassy of Portugal and the Ibero-American Culture DC present the 2022 Film Festival entitled “Ibero-American Film Series: stories of resilience and overcoming”. It is our objective to deliver a message of hope to today’s world, dominated by the pandemic and violence, through feature films and/or documentaries of resilience and overcoming made by Ibero-American directors.

From June 27th to July 21st, the Film Series 2022 will take place in different venues within the Washington DC area. The screenings will begin at 6:00 PM EST.

In partnership with the DC Mayor's Office and the DC Mayor's Office for Latino Affairs (MOLA) and the Czech Republic Embassy.

On July 21st, at 6 pm Portugal will present: “José and Pilar” (Portugal/ 2010 / 125’ / Documentary)

Synopsis

In 2022, we are celebrating the centenary of the birth of the Portuguese Literature Nobel Prize Winner, José Saramago. This documentary, directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, follows the last years of the Nobel Prize winner, chiefly through his relationship with his wife, Pilar del Río. Highly praised by the critics and the audience, the film succeeds in portraying the tenderness, the genuine integrity and the deep humanity between the writer and his wife. It gathers sequences from Madrid to Helsinki to Rio de Janeiro. It includes sequences of their life in Lanzarote, and during trips around the world - presenting José's books, signing autographs, making speeches - as well as their simple, transient and quotidian moments during the period José writes "The Elephant's Journey". The film was produced by Miguel Mendes' JumpCut (Portugal), Fernando Meirelles's O2 and Pedro Almodóvar's El Deseo.

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Host or Publisher Embassy of Portugal & Iberoamerica Culture DC