The Death of Carlos Gardel
Solveig Nordlund (2011)
fiction / 85’ / Drama
Nuno is the son of divorced parents. He lives a nomadic existence with his father: he lost all his friends and never stays long enough anywhere to make new friends. Now Nuno has become a drug addict, he’s in hospital, in a coma struggling between life and death. His father and his father’s sister remain by his bedside. The three separately evoke requests from the past and other characters they meet also complement their current life experiences and memories. Based on the novel by António Lobo Antunes.
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Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português
Best FilmLisbon & Estoril Film Festival
Best Actor -
30th Uruguay International Festival
Best Ibero-American Feature Film by the FIPRESCI Jury -
Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
30th Uruguay International Festival
Opening Session - Douro Harvest Film Festival
Cinema Lusco Fusco (BR)
Fortnight of Portuguese Cinema in Strasbourg (FR)
European Film Festival (RS)
Ibero-American Festival in Boston (USA)
Portuguese Cinema at CLP in Prague (CZ)
”5 Films, 5 Books” - Library of the Portuguese Cultural Center in Mindelo (CV)
28th edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival - USA
Cinecultura Film Festival in Timisoara (RO)
Portuguese Cinema Cycle in Maputo (MZ)
European Union Film Festival - Bangkok
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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PRODUCTION CREDITS 〰️
DIRECTION
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION
Acácio de Almeida
Ana Paula Rocha
Silvia Siopa
Paulo MilHomens
Irma Lucia
Elsa Ferreira
Pedro Marques
WITH
Rui Morisson, Albano Jerónimo, Maria João Pinho,
Celia Williams, Carlos Malvarez, Ruy de Carvalho
SCRIPTS
PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITING
COLOUR GRADING
PRODUCTION DESIGN
SOUND EDITING
MUSIC
Solveig Nordlund
João Fonseca
Solveig Nordlund
COSTUME DESIGN
PRODUCTION
Luís Galvão Teles e Gonçalo Galvão Teles
Carlos Alberto Lopes
SOUND MIXING
Solveig Nordlund
Born in Stockholm, Solveig Nordlund is a director and editor. She began her career in cinema as an assistant in several films, but it was in Alberto Seixas Santos' Brandos Costumes (1973-1974) that her name began to appear in the credits as an editor.
In 1978, she made her fiction debut with Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe. Her first feature film was Dina e Django (1983), followed by Até Amanhã, Mário (1994), Comédia Infantil (1998), Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude (2002) and A Filha (2003). She has also directed short films and documentaries about writers such as Marguerite Duras, J. G. Ballard or António Lobo Antunes.
