A Herdade dos Defuntos
A dehydrated man trespasses an estate and ends up by losing his freedom.
Patrick Mendes
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Patrick Mendes
In an automated world, an old factory feeds on its own work force.
Somewhere in an unspecified time, Patrick Mendes presents an initiation ritual in a community at the ends of the earth.
Mata-Ratos, a legendary Portuguese punk band, have played in football stadiums, sports halls, bars, performance venues, cultural associations, nightclubs, bandstands, parties and garages. They now celebrate their fortieth anniversary and director Patrick Mendes joins them once again as they tour the country. We find them at Fundão, within the sweaty walls of Octógono, in a concert full of distortion, beer and mosh pits.
A girl after being exposed to a work of art, enters a psychotic hallucination caused by Stendhal syndrome.
The story of an ambulant sharpener who crosses spaces in a (almost) lifeless country.
Essay House of Fun, is a journey to create the dramatic reading of the feature script HOUSE OF FUN, from the gender transition in the context of the 1990s, and the challenges of producing an audiovisual work in a short space-time.