João Nicolau – Technoboss #Locarno72

August 26, 2019

João Nicolau - Technoboss #Locarno72 fredfilmradio

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PODCAST | Federica Scarpa interviews João Nicolau, director of the film Technoboss.

We talked with João Nicolau, director of Technoboss presented in the international competition of the 72 Locarno Film Festival. The director talks with FRED about his intention to make a film about a character of sixty years old avoiding all the kinds of commiseration that usually surrounds aging, the importance of music in Technoboss, and the reason behind the unconventional choose of Miguel Lobo Antunes as the main protagonist.

Technoboss: Luís Rovisco, divorced and well into his sixties, is hoping to retire soon from his job as the commercial director of SegurVale – Integrated Systems of Access Control. Until that happens, he can more often be found behind the wheel of his car, singing about what he sees along the way. Quick on the draw and with a ready smile, his years of experience allow him to gracefully avoid the traps that technology, his coworkers and a mysteriously absent boss keep setting on his path. Not even the death of Napoleão (a cat), the constant pain in his knee or a family altercation overpower him: there’s no wrong that a song can’t make right. But before Lucinda, the receptionist at Almadrava Hotel, he finds himself singing to a different tune.

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