The Portuguese

Lisbon, 1974. João, a young musician, returns from Paris to a Portugal engulfed in revolution. He isn't seeking political battles — his goal is to find his father, who disappeared after an arrest by the secret police. With his sister Maria, he wanders the emptied streets of Alfama, where fado sounds like a requiem for the old world. Their search becomes a journey through the memory of a family and a nation, where every found photograph or old record is a clue. A 2025 musical drama-investigation about how personal history weaves into the fabric of historical upheaval, and how the silence after a revolution is louder than any gunshot.