Fourth screening of the film programme Miguel Gomes — Full Retrospective and Carte Blanche, which explores the dialogue between the director’s filmography and his universe of cinematic influences. The screening will feature Miguel Gomes’ “A Cara que Mereces” (2004).

A CARA QUE MERECES | THE FACE YOU DESERVE

Miguel Gomes | POR | 2004 | 108'

Francisco, behave yourself! I know full well that today is your 30th birthday, that it’s Carnival, and that you’re dressed as a cowboy at the school party, surrounded by kids you can’t stand. Get a grip, boy…! Can’t you see they won’t put up with you like this anymore? And then, what happens? You crack your head open, end up in the hospital, catch measles, and have no one left to take care of you… Just like Snow White, you could really use seven dwarfs… Francisco, repeat after me: “Until you’re thirty, you have the face God gave you; after that, the face you deserve.” (official synopsis)