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  1. Sep 25, 2014 · Cats Don't Have Vertigo: Directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos. With Maria do Céu Guerra, João Jesus, Fernanda Serrano, Ricardo Carriço. An 18 year old boy with a complicated life starts a criminal career but ends up on a rooftop of Lisbon.

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    • Comedy, Drama
    • António-Pedro Vasconcelos
    • 2014-09-25
  2. Cats Don't Have Vertigo (Portuguese: Os Gatos Não Têm Vertigens) is a 2014 Portuguese film directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos.

    • Economic Crisis
    • Legacy of The 1974 “Carnation Revolution”
    • Generational Divides

    A latent yet significant undercurrent within the film is Portugal’s contemporary economic situation. When Cats Don’t Have Vertigo was filmed in late 2013/early 2014, Portugal had already undergone several years of economic recession as part of the broader European sovereign debt crisis. Unemployment was high, the country’s bonds had junk status, an...

    From 1933 to the 1974, Portugal was ruled by an authoritarian dictatorship known as the Estado Novo. In part due to growing discontent overexpensive wars the government was fighting to retain Portugal’s overseas colonies, the country erupted into what became known as the Carnation Revolutionon 25 April 1974. The dictatorship fell, the wars ended wi...

    Gulfs between different generations are not exclusive to Portugal; this is one reason why I think Cats Have No Vertigo is a highly relateable film that should’ve enjoyed more international attention. At the same time, Portugal’s economic crisis has distinctively exacerbated generational issues and disrupted traditional notions of family life and co...

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  4. This is a fun movie about several tragedies, placed in a dark Lisbon. Overall i think the main subject is friendship. The story is basically about an unexpected relationship between an old woman and a (still) teenager, which are connected by a mutual feeling of being abandoned and unloved.

  5. Year: 2014. Original title: Os Gatos Não Têm Vertigens. Synopsis: An 18 year old boy with a complicated life starts a criminal career but ends up on a rooftop of Lisbon. On the apartment below lives a recently widowed, lonely old lady.

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