The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020)
10/3/2020
Description
Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories and dreams of her ancestors. Vasconcelos presents her family's lineage, starting with her grandfather Henrique, who married her grandmother Beatriz on her 21st birthday. This is the beginning of a generational saga, told in shards of memory and voiceover.
Ana Margarida Vasconcelos
Older BeatrizJosé Vasconcelos
SelfJoão Vasconcelos
SelfNuno Vasconcelos
SelfTeresa Vasconcelos
Self
Pedro Vasconcelos
SelfHenrique Serpa de Vasconcelos
SelfAna Sofia Domingues Cabeça
José's GirlfriendAnita Carvalho
Women reading letters (voice)Ana Fernandes da Silva
Women reading letters (voice)Pedro Fernandes Duarte
Henrique's handsPedro Farinha
Adult NunoTiago Gaio
SailorJoão Guimarães
UncleLaura Guimarães
Baby TeresaLeonor Macedo
Teresa's doubleManuel Molarinho
Teresa's FriendDamien Monteau
Adult PedroHenrique Móra
Young NunoElisa Costa Pinto
Women reading letters (voice)Francisco Rosa
CousinMargarida Rêgo
Women reading letters (voice)Francisco Vasconcelos
Young José VasconcelosMaria Vasconcelos
AuntPedro Maia Vasconcelos
Adult JoãoManuel Rosa
Young JacintoJoão Móra
Young PedroAna Vasconcelos
Young BeatrizHenrique Vasconcelos
JacintoInês Campos
Young TeresaCatarina Vasconcelos
SelfJosé Manuel Mendes
Old Henrique Serpa Vasconcelos (voice)
João Pedro Mamede
Adult Henrique Serpa Vasconcelos (voice)
Cláudia Varejão
Beatriz (voice)Luísa Ministro
ZulmiraJosé Maria Rosa
Young JoãoCatarina Vasconcelos
DirectorCatarina Vasconcelos
Writer
Tabu
I odos Arbor
Dead Slow Ahead
Our Mothers
Stories We Tell
Goodbye to Language
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
The Image Book
The Wild Pear Tree
Violet
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Sleep Has Her House
No Home Movie
El Mar La Mar
The Pearl Button
Nostalgia for the Light
Bisbee '17
Manakamana
Museum Hours
Hard to Be a God
