THE ART OF BEING PORTUGUESE IN... BRUGES !

Some always wanted to be a hero...
Some always dreamed of walking on the moon...
Some were always in search of the Holy Grail...

But now...

Everybody wants to be... Portuguese !

In this high concept comedy, taking place at the College of Europe in Bruges, a strange disease, similar to the flu, is spreading among the students. But no coughing, no sneezing, no throat aching or anything of that sort... Only that... every student starts to behave like a Portuguese.

And there they are, trying to steal or get Portuguese passports in the black market or learn Portuguese ways (walk and talk like Portuguese, get the glamour, style, moustache, hairy skin as a Portuguese...)

Swedish and Nordics, Germans, Russians, Canadians, Americans, French, British, Italians... every single student and soon every other inhabitant in Bruges does all he can to pass as a Portuguese and be officially considered as one.

The virus spreads to the point of forbidding non-Portuguese people to live in Bruges. Any non-Portuguese would be kicked out.

But what is exactly... "the art of being Portuguese"?

THE ONLY ANSWER is in TIAGO MESQUITA's film, shot back in 1999.

Enjoy... and be the best Portuguese ever !

THE CLEANER - a new film by Tiago Mesquita

THE CLEANER... THE "PIPE" CLEANER...

Obsessed with the idea of cleanliness, Simon Gambino missions himself to cleanse the world. As he was abandoned on the day he was born, he grew up in an orphanage where the notion of sin haunted his life since confession was a daily task in this institution. At the age of 18, he enters the working life as a sweeper. But pretty soon, rather than floors, he sweeps human beings committing sins. Sin is everywhere, and it must be rooted out! But his activity as an avenger can't help feeding him with a sense of guilt. He will accept a last “mission” before retiring, because of the big amount of money he was offered, and will give the loot to a church. But this last mission may not happen as planned.

THRILLING... OBSESSIVE... DISTURBING... QUESTIONING... UPSETTING... OVERWHELMING... MOVING... BREATHTAKING... SHOCKING... TEMPTING.

IF YOU SIN, YOU DIE !