Carlos (1970-2018) is a homeless crack and heroin addict. He lives inside an abandoned car exhibitor on the edge of the Douro river in Porto. It is in that little house of glass that he spends most of his time. When he is not there, his daily life is divided between the neighborhood of Aleixo and the parking lot of a supermarket, where he asks for alms to sustain the addiction.

biografia

Filipe Martins is a film director, professor at the School of Media Arts and Design (ESMAD, Porto, Portugal) and researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Porto, in the Research Group Aesthetics, Policy and Knowledge. His filmography includes films in the genres of fiction, documentary and videodance, selected and awarded in several film festivals. Codirector and programmer of the Family Film Project - International Film Festiva since 2012. PhD in Social Semiotics (UM), master’s degree in Contemporary Culture (UNL) and degree in Art and Communication (ESAP). Wrote and edited several books. His PhD thesis, entitled Sentido Narrativo (Narrative Sense), is published by Afrontamento (2016). He currently coordinates the Master´s degree in Audiovisual Communication at ESMAD.

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