Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day

Përshkrimi

Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony’s Day (the national holiday of Lisbon’s patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular poems as a token of their love.

Biografia e Regjisorëve

João Pedro Rodrigues was born in Lisbon in 1966. After studying biology at Lisbon University he attended the Lisbon Film School, where he obtained his diploma. His film career began with the short PARABÉNS! that won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice IFF 1997. His 2005 feature ODETE won several awards, among them a Special Mention at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. His last feature, THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO, co-directed with João Rui Guerra da Mata, won a special jury mention at Locarno IFF 2012.