''Fintar o Destino'' (formerly written as Fintar o destino, ''Not Heading into Destiny'') is a 1998 Cape Verdean-Portuguese
sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot. D ...
directed by Portuguese director
Fernando Vendrell
Fernando Vendrell (Lisbon, 1962) is a Portuguese film director and producer.
Biography
Born and raised in Lisbon, where he graduated from high school in 1980 (Science). In 1981, while studying photography he worked as Film still photographer ...
. The movie features
Carlos Germano
Carlos Germano Schwambach Neto (born 14 August 1970), better known as Carlos Germano, is a former Football in Brazil, Brazilian footballer who played Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
He was a member of the Brazilian 1998 FIFA Wor ...
,
Betina Lopes and
Paulo Miranda.
Plot
The 50-year-old guy Mané was a resident of
on the island of São Vicente as a pubkeeper and a youth football (soccer) trainer. He is reminded each day as he was once as a successful goalkeeper. The old admiration for him is steadily disappearing. He is therefore not gaining his opportunity to switch to
S.L. Benfica
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...
, the young Kalu in the team trained for his talent in which he wanted him to compete for Benfica. Against the will of his wife, he later made his trip to Lisbon. Not that he wanted to see his estranged son but for the club Benfica on the occasion of the finals match and for a chance for Kalu to participate. He also urged him to find a sportsman, who then, unlike him decides to change to Benfica. Afterwards he returned to his home island of São Vicente sobered.
Cast
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Carlos Germano
Carlos Germano Schwambach Neto (born 14 August 1970), better known as Carlos Germano, is a former Football in Brazil, Brazilian footballer who played Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
He was a member of the Brazilian 1998 FIFA Wor ...
- Mané
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Betina Lopes - Lucy
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Paulo Miranda - Kalu
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Manuel Estevão - Djack
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Figueira Cid - Joaquim
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Daniel Martinho - Alberto
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Rita Loureiro
Rita may refer to:
People
* Rita (given name)
* Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
* Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
* Rita (Japanese singer)
* Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita
Places
* Djarrit, also known as Rita, ...
- Julia
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Diogo Dória
Diogo Dória (born 16 April 1953) is a Portuguese film actor who has worked in France and Portugal and is most associated with his films for director Manoel de Oliveira.
Selected filmography
* 1981 ''Francisca''
* 1985 '' The Satin Slipper''
* 1 ...
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Rui Águas (guest appearance)
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António Veloso
António Augusto da Silva Veloso (born 31 January 1957) is a Portuguese former footballer who played most of his professional career with Benfica. A gritty defender who could appear in the flanks and on occasion in the middle, he spent a de ...
(guest appearance)
Reception
The film received moderate reviews from directors that related to
Lusophony Africa. The focus of the film was not on the problem on an area but its characters and different views and expectations of life, their enthusiasm on football.
The film won several awards, including a nomination in the panoramic section at the
1998 Berlin International Film Festival
The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998. The festival opened with the Irish film ''The Boxer (1997 film), The Boxer'' by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's ''The Rainmaker (1997 film), The Rainma ...
(also the Berlinale) and a Jury Award at the
Fantasporto
Fantasporto International Film Festival (Portuguese: Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto) is an international genre film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal.
Screening and awarding fantasy, sci-fi and horror orient ...
Film Festival.
See also
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Cinema of Cape Verde
The history of the cinema of Cape Verde dates back to the arrival of filmmakers in the early twentieth century. The first picture house was established in Mindelo around 1922, called Eden Park.
The nation has two film festivals, the Cabo Verde ...
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List of Portuguese films of the 1990s
A list of films produced in the Cinema of Portugal ordered by year of release in the 1990s. For an alphabetical list of Portuguese films see :Portuguese films
1990s
External links
Portuguese film
at the Internet Movie Database
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References
External links
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1998 films
Cape Verdean drama films
Portuguese drama films
Films set in Cape Verde
Culture of São Vicente, Cape Verde
Films set in Lisbon
1990s sports drama films
1990s Portuguese-language films