The Bread the Devil Knead

by José Vieira
Zeugma Films Co-production

Documentary, 2012, 84′

Adsamo is a village on the edge of Europe. From its rural community, that comes from the bottom of time, only crumbs remain. The memory of its inhabitants not only retains the catastrophes that have hit Portugal, it tells a whole century of misery, exodus and war.

Directed by: José Vieira 

Cinematography, Sound and Editing: José Vieira 

With: António Manuel Galhada, Agostinho Rodrigues Torres, Alzira Rodrigues Figueiredo, Laurinda de Jesus Portela Peixe, José da Conceição Peixe, Abílio Pereira, José António de Jesus, Piedade Jesus, Fernando Figueiredo Marques, José Fernandes, José da Conceição Fernandes, José Figueiredo Marques, Piedade Marques da Silva 

Sound post-production director: António de Sousa Dias 

Sound Mixing: João Ganho 

Color Grading: Rui Ribeiro 

Translation: José Vieira, Elsa Sertório

Subtitles: Elsa Sertório 

Technical Equipment: Zeugma Films, Kintop 

Production: Zeugma Films (France) 

Executive Producer: Michel David 

Producer: Marilyn Belbenoit

In co-production with: Kintop (Portugal) 

Executive Producer: Ansgar Schaefer , Vosges Télévision Images Plus e RTP

With the support of: Centre National de la Cinématographie, Procirep – Société des Producteurs, Angoa

• Doclisboa 2012
• Festival Traces de Vies – Clermont-Ferrant, França
• Memória Viva — Paris, França
• Nanterre, Ateliers Varan
• Espalha-Fitas, Portugal
• Comité du Film Etnographique
• Ciclo “Cinema com Terra”, Idanha-a-Nova
• Rencontres du Film Etnographique
• Moisson d’images/ Festival du Film sur le Monde Agricole et la vie Rurale
• Les Hivernales du Documentaire, Tarn-et-Garonne, França
• Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture (MJC Picaud) Cannes, França

Portrait of director José Vieira. He appears to be sitting with his arms crossed. The photo only captures him from the torso up. He is in a room with white walls and blue details. Behind him there is an out of focus table with objects and documents.

Born in Oliveira de Frades, Portugal, José Vieira emigrated to France in 1965, at the age of seven. Since 1985, stimulated by the political transformations in Portugal and by belonging to solidarity movements with immigrants, he made about thirty documentaries for France 2, France 3, Cinquième and Arte, drawing the picture of immigration in France based on his personal experience and individual stories.
The enormous difficulties experienced by Portuguese immigrants – life in slums, employers’ scams, discrimination and contempt – motivated José Vieira to reconstitute a collective memory and a common history for all those people, regardless of their origin, explaining the reasons that led them to leave their country and fight for a better life.

Extract from the catalogue LEFFEST’20

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