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This movie is inspired by 'Embargo', the legendary Portuguese writer José Saramago's story, which talks about the obsession to accumulate wealth and about human defeat in the face of materialism and technology. In a style very similar to The Coen Brothers, this feature-length film is full of absurd situations loaded with black humor, ensuring entertainment from start to finish.
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Nuno is a man working at a hot dog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno becomes mysteriously confined to his car, finding his life suddenly embargoed.
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