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Beyond Our Means

2014

“We live beyond our means” - the most fraudulent statement in our recent history serves only to hide the true evils of a country that once dreamed of better days.

A country filled with corrupt people that put at stake the welfare state, the protection of minorities, the disadvantaged. There are people in this documentary. Living people who have never lived beyond their means. They lived, at best, under all odds, surviving up the odds. They are people who saw their meager incomes to be reduced, found themselves being evicted from their rooms and houses. They are people of flesh and blood who live day-to-day with the uncertainty of a meal, a night under a ceiling. “We live beyond our means, "we were told. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to reality.

By  Pedro Neves
Documentary Short
2014
Portugal / 43 min.
Color, HD 2.5K
Online Streaming
TV, VOD, and digital platforms
RTP2
Filmin Portugal
Commercial DVD with Projecto Troika
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Festivals

Porto Post Doc - Persona Section, Portugal, 2014.
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Exhibitions

Escola da Noite, Coimbra, Portugal.
Cinema Passos Manuel, Porto, Portugal.
Edifício Axa, Porto, Portugal.
Auditório Municipal de Faro, Portugal.
Bienal da Maia, Portugal.
Festival Nada, Porto, Portugal.
Auditório Municipal de Mirandela, Portugal.
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Credits

Cast

Constantino Pereira, Diana Vides, Alberto Vides, Arminda Brandão, André, José Vilela, Isabel Santos and Carlos Santos

Written, Photography and Direction

Pedro Neves

Sound

Gustavo Bacelos

Production

Red Desert

Director’s notes

Beyond Our Means

By  Pedro Neves
Portugal
Color, HD 2.5K