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Maria Jorge
Portugal • Fic • 2023 • 11’

Álvaro sente-se infeliz no talho do pai. Ele quer ser vegano, mas não tem coragem de contar isso ao pai, que deseja que o filho continue com o seu negócio. Secretamente, Álvaro faz e vende hambúrgueres veganos. Quando o pai recebe uma reclamação e pede explicações ao filho, algo inesperado acontece.

Álvaro is unhappy working at his father’s butcher shop. He wants to be vegan but doesn’t have the courage to tell his father who wants to pass the business on to him. He secretly makes and sells vegan burgers. When his father receives a complaint about the burgers and asks for an explanation from Álvaro, something unexpected happens.

Argumento Screenplay Maria Jorge
Produção Production Humberto Rocha, Pedro Medeiros
Fotografia Cinematography Filipa Castro Gomes
Montagem Editing José Peixoto
Direcção de Arte Art Design Alexandra Guimarães
Design de Som Sound Design Nuno Felisberto
Com With Jorge Paupério, Diogo Fernandes, Arlete Sousa, António Durães
OUTROS Line Producer: Catarina Martins
Escola School ESMAD – Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design

Festivais Festivals
Oakville FF, Canadá | Drama Intl Short FF, Grécia | HaHaArt FF, Portugal

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Nota da realizadora Director’s Statement
Bégan is a comedy that addresses a father-son relationship, with the intention of portraying a generic episode that explores discordant personalities within the family context. The premise of the story is that Álvaro wants to be vegan but works at his father butcher’s shop, with the aggravating of this desire being incompatible with the father’s will that the business pass on to his son. This film seeks to awaken a set of sensory and visual inter- pretations, using a photography based on the colors red and green, which represent meat and veganism, respectively, and natural light. As director, I intend to portray, as a tale, the confrontation of a traditional family with modernity. And so, point out how human relationships are the solution to most adversities.