Technical information

International title: Périphérique Nord
Portuguese title: Via Norte
Running time: 72 min
Genre: Documentary
Original format: DCP
Origin: Portugal, Suiza, Uruguay

 

Synopsis

A car aficionado, filmmaker Paulo Carneiro travels 2000 kilometres to meet car enthusiasts of the Portuguese community in exile. In a pop and urban universe, Périphérique Nord explores this shared passion and the freedom it provides for these exiled persons who seem to finally find there a territory of their own.

Director’s note

I was fascinated by the cars that immigrants brought to Portugal on their summer vacations, and there was already a myth that some people rented cars to return to Portugal and show that they were successful. I am sure it is not a film about cars. It is a film that talks about all the other themes inherent in emigration that are on the agenda. It is an object of desire, at the same time it is an object that represents success. The car also serves as a form of integration because there are groups that have cars, some modified and others not, and they get together, and it is a way of living together. In Portugal, people gather to watch football; there, the car is used for these gatherings.

Crew

Script and Direction: Paulo Carneiro
Production houses: Bam Bam Cinema (Pt), Vento Forte (Pt), La Pobladora Cine (Uy), Head-Genéve (Ch)
Production:  Paulo Carneiro, Pedro Canavilhas, Alex Piperno, Delphine Jeanneret
Camera and DOP: Laura Morales
Sound Director: Ricardo Leal, Joana Niza Braga, CAS
Composer: Diego Placeres
Art Director: Filipe A. Alves
Editing: Paulo Carneiro, Luciano Scherer, André Almeida, Alex Piperno

Cast

Filipe A. Alves
Peter Goncalves
Nelson Cardozo
Jorge Souza
Marisa Pedrosa
Eunice Mateiro
Bruno Silva Nuno Soares
Jorge Ferraz
Rafael Ribeiro
Patrick Silva
Augusto Correia
Alexandre Nogeira
Abou Baker
Sérgio Silva

Festivals

[2022] Visions du Réel – Festival International de Cinéma Nyon [Switzerland]

[2022] IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Special Mention of the Award for Best Director in a Portuguese Feature Film) [Portugal]

[2022] MDOC – Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço [Portugal]

[2022] Lima Alterna International Film Festival [Peru]

[2022] Caminhos do Cinema Português [Portugal]

[2022] Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste [Italia]

[2023] DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival [Finlandia]

[2023] Dhaka International Film Festival [Bangladesh]

[2023] Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay [Uruguay]