Film

Show Me Lisbon

2015 · 51m · Documentary

The best way to discover a city is through its people. 'Show Me Lisbon' reveals the city as seen by thirteen locals, or lisboetas - who were either born there or moved there by choice and who are of different generations, areas and backgrounds. The result is a dynamic, relaxed and realistic portrait of Lisbon that looks at themes such as what it means "to be a lisboeta", the light, the river, the food, the sounds, the history, the ethnic mixes, fado and the city's facades. The artist Joana Vasconcelos, the musician Rodrigo Leao, the writer Richard Zenith, the fado singer Carminho, the street artist Vhils and the historian Jose Sarmento Matos, alongside the knife sharpeners, fishwives, old ladies of Alfama and the festival singers who show the city as it is lived in its traditional quarters. Show me Lisbon is the follow-up to Show me Rio and the second film in the Show me Cities series.

Carminho

Nicolau Breyner

Maria de Medeiros

Joana Vasconcelos

António Costa

Vhils

Rodrigo Leao

Richard Zenith

José Sarmento Matos

• Ricardo FreitasDirector
• Rosa SilvaProducer
• Teresa Júdice da CostaProducer

Release date

January 1, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

51m

Genres

Documentary