Simão Costa

A sonic and documentary journey into the creation of experimental music in Portugal. The film, constructed through conversations with 23 of the most relevant national artists, reveals different approaches to the processes of experimentation, exploring gestures and respective innovative methodologies.

Gaspard, a teenager from the suburbs of Lisbon, falls into the hands of the Ogre, a man who has made a pact with the Devil. The Ogre uses the boy to attract tourists, whom he transforms into animals and then kills. Gaspard escapes with a donkey and a dog that he has grown fond of, and in an enchanted manor, he meets the spirit of Queen D. Maria I.