Cats Cradle

We wanted to make a film about a teenage mother We met Joana in a casting that took place in Setubal in the Bela Vista neighborhood She appeared to us as a porcelain doll small fragile pale with a little hair bow Little by little she crumbled apart revealing a charming complexity We were conquered by the duality of strength and fragility freedom and incarceration joy and sorrow The intimacy and complicity we were able to establish with her made this film possible In Cats Cradle we share her with everyone else