The Jester by José Álvaro Morais

One of the greatest titles in Portuguese cinema, it interweaves several narrative lines in its plot – the rehearsal of a theatrical adaptation of Alexandre Herculano’s The Jester; the articulation between the present (post-revolution Portugal) and the historical past (the foundation of nationality; the fall of the empire); the lives of the performers in their daily lives.

With extraordinary mastery, José Álvaro Morais creates rhymes and frictions with other forms of artistic expression and draws a broad generational portrait. A masterpiece!

with Fernando Heitor, Paula Guedes, Luis Miguel Cintra and Isabel Ruth