Alexandre Martins

It’s a big day for Joseph, his family is taking him on a trip to the Smile-Rite® toy factory, it’s his tenth birthday. And everybody knows that when you turn ten, that’s when you become a man…

After the world premiere in Luxembourg, the first film by the Portuguese descendant Philippe Machado arrives in his native country through Filmin. A moving drama about the immigrant community - the sweetness and bitterness of the last day of holidays in Portugal before returning to France.