Contacts Pedro Bento HAPPYGÉNIO Produção Lda Tf: Tlm: ZEUS 2016

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1 PRESS KIT

2 1 Contacts Pedro Bento HAPPYGÉNIO Produção Lda Tf: Tlm:

3 2 INDEX Synopsis. 3 Director's notes. 4 The Cast. 5 The team. 6 Filming photos. 7 e 8 The Legacy of Manuel Teixeira Gomes. 9 e 10 A President with History. 11 Partners. 12 Contacts. 13

4 3 ZEUS HAPPYGÉNIO Happygénio is a Manuel Teixeira Gomes. A great writer of erotic literature is elected President of the Portuguese Republic - a unique case in the world. Promotes reformist policies, supports the workers fighting the bank. But at the end of 26 months he say s: Enough! I'm done! What is the first boat to leave Lisbon? Not in a month,now! Zeus? It is a freighter? I dont t care where they going or if they don t have any passengers. They ll take me. I m leaving without a paper, nothing to remember my life as a writer as a or President. And so, at age 65, life changes. His life took a film: a hymn to life, liberty, courage, sensuality and friendship. An example for all of us. This is the real story, but unknown to the vast majority of the Portuguese, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, one of the first presidents of the Portuguese Republic. There is not a President such as he was, a recognized erotic literature writer who, after resigning from his presidential post, boards the Dutch freighter Zeus and part into the unknown - the fate leads him to Algeria where Teixeira Gomes decides reborn and recognize their right to be happy. The plot of the film is part of the drama of political events leading up to the implementation of the dictatorship, the confrontation of great personalities, the mood of our protagonist, his exile, the romanticism of his passions, the greatness of his friendships and stunning scenery that runs.it is the work of a lifetime, the Paulo Filipe Monteiro on a life that was an authentic work of art - the Manuel Teixeira Gomes. Portuguese film producer based in Lisbon that has been distinguished in the world of film production, particularly of historical documentaries. In our portfolio we have films shot in Africa and in Brazil, proving our expertise in the development, production and co-production in film and investment in projects across borders.currently we are also trying our space in fiction production, highlighting the feature film ZEUS Paulo Filipe Monteiro With the support of ICA / RTP / FDATIC (Argélia)

5 4 Director s Notes Manuel Teixeira Gomes is one of the most illustrious figures that can represent the curiosity and interest very rooted in the culture of the Maghreb and the interest in sharing his life between the two shores of this sea, which separates but also unites. He lived his life as a man of free spirit, unique, bold, and this makes him an excellent protagonist of a feature film. This work is not a documentary but a biopic, which portrays his life, using mainly situations and true phrases that he left us in his letters and in his short stories and novels. Born in Algarve, at the south of Portugal and in front of the sea, TG says that his childhood was impregnated by the Arab culture: he was told stories of enchanted Moorish and the Arabian Nights.The customs and sensuality were closer to the North African culture than the European culture and he always remained faithful to this influence of his childhood. His biographers write a lot about his life in Portugal, but never have visited Algeria. I, who work for seven years on this project, did research in this country that allowed me to develop rigorously its Algerian life, since only the first third of the film takes place before this extraordinary decision, at 65, redo his life across the Mediterranean, where he stayed for 15 years and where he died. In Portugal, the ZEUS project was considered excellent by the jury of the Film Institute and placed first in the 2013 contest RTP, opened in May a public consultation to which we submit ZEUS. In late August 2015 the results were announced: few projects were chosen, but our proposal was selected. In 2005 it was signed a protocol between the governments of Algeria and Portugal, whose clause number 10 explicitly provides for cooperation in film co-productions. No one had applied. We were the first to achieve this successful partnership between countries. The film will focus on storytelling, the art of telling a story (I ve already written seven feature films shot in Portugal and Japan), in the game of actors, without losing sight of the only cinema values: light, frameworks, the découpage, rhythms, assembly, music. Gather together an extraordinary team of artist s image, sound and performance. We wanted, above all, to give Portugal and the Portuguese another reason to be proud in its rich history and human heritage, by bringing to each of them the story of Zeus, Manuel Teixeira Gomes and two nations a sea away. Paulo Filipe Monteiro

6 5 CAST José Sinde Filipe Ivo Canelas Idir Benaibouche Manuel Teixeira Gomes Ramiro Amokrane Catarina Luís Miguel Cunha Paulo Pires Maria Adelaide João dos Castelos Viana de Carvalho Rita BrÜtt Carlotto Cotta Paulo Pinto Ana Rosa Norberto Lopes Cunha Leal

7 6 TEAM Production Pedro Bento Directing Paulo Filipe Monteiro Cinematography João Ribeiro, Mário Castanheira e Vasco Viana Sound Gita Cerveira, Olivier Blanc e Quintino Bastos Sound Mixing and Mixing Miguel Martins Film Editing Tomás Baltazar Art Direction João Torres Costume Design Sílvia Grabowski Makeup Department Sara Menitra Set Portugal Belém Palace, Belém Cidadela Palace, Cascais Alcântara Barracks, Lisbon Military Academy Palace Algeria Chemin de la Corniche, Bèjaia - Argélia Praça Gueydon, Bèjaia - Argélia Hotel L Etoile; Bèjaia - Argélia Deserto de Djanet Argélia Runtime: 115 min. Aspect Ratio: 2:35 Color: Color

8 7 Set Photographs

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10 9 The legacy of Manuel Teixeira Gomes ALGERIA, NOWADAYS ALGERIAN LYCEUM MANUEL TEIXEIRA GOMES

11 10 HOTEL WHERE MANUEL TEIXEIRA GOMES PASSED AWAY ON THE 18TH OCTOBER, 1941

12 11 A President with History Is born May 27, 1860 in Vila Nova de Portimão. He is the son of Jose Libânio Gomes and Maria da Glória Teixeira Gomes. After the bohemian and literary life of Lisbon and already living in Oporto, founded the theater newspaper Gil Vicente in In 1890 he returned to Portimão and dedicated to the fatherly business exporting dried fruits. From 1899 lives with Belmira das Neves, of who he has two daughters In August 1919 is presented by the Democratic Party as a candidate for president, but is chosen António José de Almeida. Manuel Teixeira Gomes takes over in 1923 and its mandate is marked by a growing party fragmentation and governmental instability. In 1925, disillusioned with politics, resigns, leaving the presidency and boarding in the Dutch freighter Zeus towards North Africa, voting to a voluntary exile. *Todas as fotos apresentadas são propriedade do Museu da Presidência da República

13 12 Partners Funders FDATIC - Algérie Co-production

14 13 HAPPYGÉNIO, Produção de Filmes Unipessoal, Lda Rua dos Açores, Lisboa Portugal Tel./Fax: TM: