1872. The Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II, travels to the city of Porto, and stays at the Grand Hotel du Louvre, property of Maria Henriqueta de Mello Lemos e Alvelos. In the present day, the attempt to make a film about this episode becomes an invocation. Maria Henriqueta is with us. Memories, sounds and sensations take over the screen, and help build an emotional geography of our invisible protagonist. This is a phantasmagoria of the senses. A good haunting.
Genre: Fiction, Documentary
Stage of production: Post-production
Contact: nuno.ochoa.pimentel@gmail.com
Nuno Ochôa Pimentel was born in1992 and studied film at Escola Superior Artística do Porto and screenwriting at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a filmmaker but also works in film distribution. In 2019 he was part of the Locarno Film Festival’s Industry Academy. In 2022 he took part in a residency promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Universidade Católica do Porto, where he developed the short Maria Henriqueta Was Here. He lives in Berlin.
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