João Villas-Boas

Mocking contemporary city life, this swift, sharp comedy from rising-star director Daniel Soares earned a special mention at Cannes. Toggling between sleek, shiny new buildings and raging scenes of destruction, these vignettes regard the Portuguese housing crisis with dark and blazing wit.

In this biographical film set in 1975 Portugal, a young writer and his friends hope for a better future against the backdrop of political turmoil.