The Nothing Factory
aka A Fábrica de Nada First screened in September 2017
Director: Pedro Pinho. Cast: José Smith Vargas, Njamy Sebastião, Carla Galvão, Joachim Bichana Martins, Danièle Incalcaterra, Rui Ruivo, Hermínio Amaro, António Santos, Vasconcelos, Anselm Jappe, João Santos Lopes, Paulo Vitorino, Zé Pedro, Arlindo Miguel, Boris Nunes, Euclides Furtado, Fernando Lopes, Sandra Calhau, Ricardo Gonçalves, Dinis Gomes, Helena Cavacas Veríssimo, Joana Pais de Brito, Carlos Garrido Santos, Américo Silva, António Rocha Pereiro, Tristão Soares, Nuno Vieira, João Barbosa, David Pereira Bastos, Paulo Ganhão, Matilde Gago da Silva, Toni, Isabel do Carmo, Roger Claustre, Sara Pinto, Mauro Airez, Crista Alfaiate, Tiago Hespanha, Vera Midøes, Miguel Perdigäo, Patricia Soso. Screenplay: Pedro Pinha, Tiago Hespanha, Luisa Homem, and Leonor Noivo. Twitter Capsule:
Rides a line between encapsulating hard truths for our era and expostulating on ideas most viewers already get.
Second Capsule:
Which isn't to say it's totally predictable: a striking-workers protest film with choreographed musical numbers and a thrash punk interlude.
VOR:④
Critiques of capitalism feel a bit boilerplate; the movie isn't pushing every envelope it imagines. But construction and genre play are fascinating.
