International Animated Film Festival

Synopsis

António Ribeiro known as António Variações is one of the biggest names in Portuguese music. Much ahead of his time, he was a revolutionary in many senses but especially in the Portuguese music scene by mixing synthesisers in his pop music, influenced by folk music and culture. Born in 1944 in a small village at 12 he moved to Lisbon. At 20 he went to London to work and shortly after to Amsterdam where he was much influenced by the international scene. In 1978 he signed a music contract but only in 1982 he launched his first EP “Estou Além”. This was mainly because the label wasn't yet prepared to release Synth-Pop by then and were trying to get him to produce folk or pop. He died in 1984 shortly after he released his second album.
His music was described by himself has “located somewhere between Braga and New Iorque”

This film is a pilot episode that Dialogue developed and directed to celebrate the 35th anniversary of António Variações death. Written by Rui Miguel Abreu and narrated by Pedro Mafama, the idea behind this film is to tell the story of this famous musician with the voice of a young one whose career was much influenced by him.