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Liberdade
2011

by Gabriel Abrantes & Benjamin Crotty

– What do you want?

– Viagra! Viagra!

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Shot in Luanda, Angola, this visually ravishing tale of romance, crime, and erectile dysfunction chronicles the relationship between an Angolan boy and a Chinese girl as they attempt to forge a shared, transcultural identity.

directing

Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty

cinematography

Eberhard Schedl

sound

Oswald Juliana

editing

Oswald Juliana

with

Wilson Teixeira
Betty Meixue
Orlando Sergio

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Produced by A Mutual Respect Productions
With the financial support of Toyota de Angola

S16mm transferred to HD, 18 min.
Color / 16:9 / 5.1 Dolby Sound
Language: Portuguese, Mandarin, English

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awards

2011 Locarno International Film Festival [Switzerland] – Film and Video Subtitling Award
2011 IndieLisboa IIFF [Portugal] – Best Portuguese Director

exhibitions & collections

2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Odd Places for Hope, ICA, London, [United Kingdom]
2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Geneva [Switzerland]
2014 12 Contemporâneos [12 Contemporaries], Museu de Serralves, Oporto [Portugal]
2012 Mostra de Filmes de Gabriel Abrantes, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon [Portugal]
2013 Gabriel Abrantes, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston [USA]
2010 Reset, Fondation de l’Entreprise Ricard, Paris [France]
2010 Histories of Mutual Respect, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães [Portugal]

screenings

2011 Locarno International Film Festival [Switzerland] - Pardi di Domani Competition
2011 Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival [Austria]
2011 BFI London Film Festival - Focus on Gabriel Abrantes [United Kingdom]
2016 Friends with Benefits - Film Society of Lincoln Center [USA]
2017 Sicilia Queer Filmfest [Italy]
2017 BAFICI - Buenos Aires FICI (AR)

full cast and crew

Cast
Betty Meixue
Wilson Teixeira

Supporting Cast
Dadi
Dadinho
Gu Hong Zhen
Joel
Joelson da Silva
Li Kun Qiong
Márcio Marcelino
Mu Yuan Shuai
Orlando Sérgio
Ricardo Matias
Wang Tian Guo
Zhou Jian

Dubbing
Mr. Isaac
Inês Gao
Meirinho
Marta Furtado
Natxo Checa
Gabriel Abrantes

Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty

Director of Photography
Eberhard Schedl

Camera and Steadycam Operator
Eberhard Schedl

Farmacy Set Design
Nelo Teixeira

Location Sound Recordist
and Boom Operator
Oswald Juliana

Editing
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty

Color Correction
Pedro Vilela
Paulo Inês

Post-Production Sound Recording
and Premixing
Makoto Yagyu
Tiago Inuit

Post-Production Sound Editing
Amélia Sarmento

Final Mix
Tiago Matos

Produced by
A Mutual Respect Productions

Producers
Zé dos Bois
Natxo Checa
Gabriel Abrantes

Production Manager
Natxo Checa

Assistant Producers, Lisbon
Joana Botelho
Paulo Queiroz
Inês Castaño

Location Producer, Luanda
Orlando Sérgio

Assistant Producer, Luanda
Jaime de Jesús Alves Monteiro

Driver
Don Ruelas

Developing, Telecinema and Color
LightFilm/Estúdios Nova Imagem, Lisbon

Mixing Studio
Obviosom, Lisbon

Filmed in Kodak Vision III S16mm

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