A film by Miguel Gomes. "Tabu" celebrated its premiere at the 62nd International Film Festival in Berlin in competition and The Alfred-Bauer-Award and The Fipresci Prize
A temperamental old woman, her Cape Verdean maid and a neighbour devoted to social causes live on the same floor of a Lisbon apartment building. When the old lady dies, the other two learn of an episode from her past: a tale of love and crime set in an Africa straight from the world of adventure films.
A co-production with O Som e a Fúria (Portugal), Gullane Entretenimento (Brazil), Shellac Sud (France), ZDF/Arte and RTP Portugal; funded by Institute for Cinema and Audiovisuals (ICA), Centre National du Cinéma et de L’image Animée (CNC), Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), Agência Nacional Para o Cinema (Ancine); developed with the Media Programme of the European Community.
Pilar
Teresa Madruga
Alte Aurora
Laura Soveral
Junge Aurora
Ana Moreira
Alter Ventura
Henrique Espirito Santo
Junger Ventura
Carloto Cotta
Santa
Isabel Cardoso
Auroras Mann
Ivo Müller
Mário
Manuel Mesquita
Directed by
Miguel Gomes
Screenplay
Miguel Gomes
Mariana Teixeira
Director of Photography
Rui Poças (A.I.P.)
Production Design
Telmo Churro
Miguel Gomes
Szenenbild
Bruno Duarte
Costume Design
Silvia Grabowski
Original Sound
Vasco Pimentel
Commissioning Editors
Alexander Bohr (ZDF/Arte)
Production Manager
Joaquim Carvalho
Co-producers
Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)
Fabiano Gullane, Caio Gullane (Gullane Entretenimento)
Thomas Ordonneau (Shellac Sud)
Producers
Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar (O Som e a Fúria)
Berlinale 2012
Competition
Alfred-Bauer-Preis und FIPRESCI Prize
Las Palmas International Film Festival
Lady Harimaguada de Prata Award und Public Award
LUX Prize 2012
Official Selection
Festival Paris Cinéma
Coup de Coeur du Jury, Prix du Jury des bloggers et du web
Avvantura Festival, FilmForum Zadar
Best Director
Film Festival Ghent
Grand Prix for Best Film
Muestra de Cine Europeo de Lanzarote
Best Film
French Critics Association
Best Foreign Movie
The International Cinephile Society
Best Original Screenplay
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias
Best Film
Berlinale 2012
Competition
Las Palmas International Film Festival
Festival Paris Cinéma
Avvantura Festival
FilmForum Zadar
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Copenhagen Film Festival CPH:PIX
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Festival Lusophone de Pau
Cinéma Louxor
Festival du film de Cabourg
Transilvania International Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival
Festival des journées de cinéma et de marche
FID Marseille
Sydney Film Festival
Midnight Sun Film Festival
Edinburgh Film Festival
Festival du film de La Rochelle
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Jerusalem Film Festival
Durban International Film Festival
New Zealand Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou
Avant première rentrées
Transatlantyk Poznan
SANFIC
Etats Generaux du film Documentaire de Lussas
Lux Awards @ Venice Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Vancouver Film Festival
Rencontre à la campagne
International Cinematographers’ Film Festival MANAKI BROTHERS
Helsinki International Film Festiva
Kaunas Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Montreal Nouveau Cinema
Festival do Rio International Film Festival
Mostra de São Paulo
La Roche Sur Yon Film Festival
AFI Fest
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
Torino Film Festival – Miguel Gomes Retrospective
Viennale International Film Festival
Ljubljana International Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Gijon International Film Festival
Dubai International Film Festival
Tromsø International Film Festival
