Isolated in a lifeless estuary with muddy banks, an old man who despises the gods lives alone, his only companion a caged cockatiel. To the bird, he confides his dreams of escaping his monotonous routine and founding a city where humans and birds can live freely. Inspired by Mia Couto’s tale ‘A Morte, o Tempo e o Velho’ and Aristophanes’ play ‘The Birds’.

RELEASE YEAR
2025

WRITER & DIRECTOR
Pedro Magano

ADAPTED FROM
Mia Couto

GENRES
Drama
Magical Realism

SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Portuguese

PRODUCTION COMPANY
PIXBEE (PT)

CAST
Gustavo Sumpta
Mafalda Rocha

PRODUCTION
Pedro Sá

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Manuel Pinto Barros

SOUND DIRECTION
Duarte Ferreira

ART DIRECTION
Ângelo Costa

WARDROBE
Paula Gomes
Branca Sarabando

MAKE-UP & HAIR
Ana Nunes

EDITING
Nuno Rocha
Pedro Magano

SOUND MIXING
Maurício D’orey

VISUAL EFFECTS
Hugo Raposo
Élio Mateus

COLOR GRADING
Pedro Negrão

IN THE PALACE International Film Festival 2025 (Bulgaria)
Avanca Film Festival 2025 (Portugal)
DjârFogo International Film Festival 2025 (Cape Verde)
Girona Film Festival 2025 (Spain)
Dhaka International Film Festival 2026 (Bangladesh)

Pedro Magano on Cinemax
«Um homem, o Tempo e a Morte: Filme de Pedro Magano inspira-se em Mia Couto e Aristófanes»