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Mário, an 8-year-old boy abducted in central Portugal during the spring of 1999, resurfaces twelve years later in a Parisian jail. This period of disappearance hides a terrible secret and all the complexities of this mysterious character. Waddington's first feature film is unique in the way it plays with the viewer's imagination while addressing a sensitive and traumatic subject.
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Cast:
Hugo Fernandes, Teresa Sobral, Carla Maciel, Alba Baptista -
Original Title:
Patrick -
Country:
Portugal, Germany -
Year:
2019 - 103 min Subtitles PT and EN
Director
Gonçalo Waddington
Gonçalo Waddington (Lisbon, 1977) is an actor, stage director, film director, playwright, screenwriter and producer. He directed two short-films: Immaculate, which he also wrote and produced, premiered at IndieLisboa International Film Festival in 2013; Nameless, co-written with Marco Martins, premiered at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, and earned him a Special Mention at IndieLisboa in 2010. Waddington is a very well-known stage and film actor in Portugal, often starring in films by important contemporary directors. Concurrently, Waddington has written and directed theatre plays.
