Festival ECRÃ
of Experimental and Art and Cinema
The Living Currency
The Living Currency
Pedro Paiva
Portugal
2024
Filme
Longa-Metragem
Victor is a poor and submissive man who serves his general and the palace of an aristocratic family. Haunted by the red lips of his beloved Maria, he suffers unbearable hallucinations that lead him to the great precipice of death. “The Living Coin” explores three texts by Georg Büchner - “Woyzeck”, “Leonce and Lena” and “The Hessian Courier”. A film adaptation of the literary universe of the German author that is as anachronistic as it is imminently current.
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edition
8° Festival ECRÃ
date and
time
Estação NET Botafogo
29/06/2024
17h
duration in min
96
debut
Première Internacional
classification
indicative
12 anos / Not recommended for children under twelve years old / Não Recomendado Para Menores de Doze Anos
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Pedro Paiva
Born in Lisbon in 1977, Pedro Paiva has been working in collaboration with João Maria Gusmão since 2001, using cinema as his preferred medium. In 2004, they won the EDP New Artists Award. In 2009, they were the Portuguese representatives at the 53rd Venice Biennale. His film work has been presented at Anthology Film Archives New York (2010), Palais de Tokyo Paris (2013), HangarBicocca Milan (2013), Pompidou Metz (2017), Serralves Porto (2021). “A Moeda-Viva” is Pedro Paiva’s first feature film.
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