The Garbage Man

PL: Śmieciarz

Director: Laura Gonçalves

Producer: Rodrigo Areias

Portugal 2022
11’50”

On a hot August afternoon, the family gathered at the table remembers uncle Botão: the Colonial War, emigration to France, where he lived and worked thirty years as a garbage man. Memories of each are crossed to tell the story of a man who lived a hard life through humor and fantasy, like when he returned to Belmonte, in a van full of trash, turned into a real treasure.