Cidade Rabat

Helena is 40. She works as a film production assistant, has a daughter, an ex-husband, a lover and, at the beginning of the film, a mother. In one of the first scenes, she visits the old woman for lunch. A little later, Helena (Raquel Castro) is sitting with her sister at the undertaker’s, deciding between an open or closed casket for the funeral service.
Cidade Rabat, Susana Nobre’s latest film following No táxi do Jack (Berlinale Forum 2021), deals with grief. This emotion is articulated with restraint as the film drifts through Helena’s everyday life. Whether she is waiting at a bank counter, duping the priest at the funeral or eating a cream puff, everything is treated with a quiet, steadfast interest. The laconism is unmistakable, the humour quiet. Parties bring movement on two occasions, and piano music frames the sequence of scenes from time to time. Nobre subtly poses questions of economy: How to pay non-professional actors above the board when they don’t have a residence permit? And when Helena is doing community service, why doesn’t she realise she is supposed to do the dishes?
by Susana Nobre
with Raquel Castro, Paula Bárcia, Paula Só, Sara de Castro, Laura Afonso
Portugal / France 2023 Portuguese,  Subtitles: English 101’ Colour World premiere

With

  • Raquel Castro
  • Paula Bárcia
  • Paula Só
  • Sara de Castro
  • Laura Afonso

Crew

DirectorSusana Nobre
Written bySusana Nobre
CinematographyPaulo Menezes
EditingMartial Salomon
Sound DesignNuno Carvalho
SoundJoão Gazua
Production DesignCláudia Lopes Costa
CostumesTânia Franco
Make-UpIris Peleira
Assistant DirectorAndré Silva Santos
Production ManagerMônica Noronha
ProducerJoão Matos
Executive ProducerJoão Gusmão
Co-ProducerJanja Kralj
Co-ProductionKinoelektron, Paris, Frankreich

Produced by

Terratreme Filmes

Lissabon, Portugal

+35 1212415754

www.terratreme.pt www.terratreme.pt

Susana Nobre

Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1974, she studied communications and began her career as a screenwriter and producer. After numerous short and documentary films, she made her feature-film debut in 2018 with Tempo Comum. Her film No táxi do Jack screened at the Berlinale Forum in 2021.

Filmography

2003 O Que Pode Um Rosto (Daycare Hospital); 103 min. 2005 Estados da Matéria (It Would Have Been Simple); 14 min. 2010 Lisboa – Província (Lisbon-Province); 20 min. 2013 Vida Activa (Active Life); 92 min. 2015 Provas, Exorcismos (Trials, Exorcisms); 25 min. 2016 As Viagens Philosophicas (Tracking the Naturalists); 50 min., TV Documentary 2018 Tempo Comum (Ordinary Time); 64 min. 2021 No táxi do Jack (Jack's Ride); 70 min., Berlinale Forum 2023 Cidade Rabat; 101 min.

Dates

Sat Feb 18 19:00

Zoo Palast 2

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Mon Feb 20 15:00

Delphi Filmpalast

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Fri Feb 24 10:30

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Sat Feb 25 20:00

Werkstattkino@silent green

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