THE PORTUGUESE HOUSE
A film by Avelina Prat
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he assumes another man’s identity as a gardener on a Portuguese estate, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner, stepping into a new life that isn’t his own.
Status: Completed
Year: 2025
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal
Language: Spanish, Portuguese
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Runtime: 110 min.
Original title: Una quinta portuguesa
Avelina Prat holds a degree in architecture. Her debut feature film, Vasil, premiered at the Warsaw IFF and competed in the Official Section of the Valladolid IFF, where it won the Best Actor award. The film also garnered international support from programs like the Berlinale Script Station. She has directed and written short films that have received wide recognition at national and international festivals, such as 3/105 (Venice Orizzonti and Gijón IFF). Additionally, she has worked as a script supervisor on over 30 feature films with directors like Fernando Trueba, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Javier Rebollo, and Cesc Gay. The Portuguese House is her second feature film.
FILMOGRAPHY
2025 The Portuguese House
2022 Vasil
2014 3/105 (short)
CAST
Manolo Solo
Maria de Medeiros
Branka Katić
Rita Cabaço
CREW
Director: Avelina Prat
Screenplay: Avelina Prat
Cinematography: Santiago Racaj
Editing: Juliana Montañés
Sound: Nora Haddad, Iván Martínez-Rufat
Music: Vincent Barrière
Producers: Miriam Porté, Luis Urbano, Miguel Molina, Adán Aliaga
Production Companies: Distinto Films, O Som e a Fúria, Jaibo Films
2025
Málaga Film Festival | Official Competition
BAFICI – Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema | International Competition
Uruguay International Film Festival | International Panorama
A beautiful drama about identity and kindness. It offers something profoundly revolutionary and political: trusting in one another.
Pepa Blanes, Cadena Ser
Delicate and deeply humanistic. Emotionally powerful, profound in its dialogue, and beautifully melancholic in its unique way.
Luis Martínez, Diario El Mundo