Come and Go (2003)
"Vai~E~Vem" (original title)

Director:

João César Monteiro

Writer:

João César Monteiro (scenario and dialogue)

Stars:

João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
João César Monteiro	...	João Vuvu
Rita Pereira Marques	...	Adriana / Urraca
Joaquina Chicau	...	Custódia
Manuela de Freitas	...	Fausta
Ligia Soares	...	Narcisa the Antigona (as Lígia Soares)
José Mora Ramos	...	Senhor Zé Aniceto
Rita Durão	...	Jacinta
Maria Do Carmo Rôlo	...	Bárbara the Policewoman
Miguel Borges	...	Jorge Varela Vuvu
Rita Loureiro	...	Marina
Ana Isabel Strindberg	...	Zulmira
Tiago Diaz	...	Miúdo do Acordeão - boy accordionist
Ana Brandão	...	Eva Sigar
Rui Luís	...	Padre - priest
Vítor Silva Tavares	...	Man at the Funeral

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

bus | circular traveling | satire | film within a film | old man

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Madragoa Filmes (Português, Français & English)

Country:

Portugal France

Language:

Portuguese Ukrainian Spanish Latin Greek

Release Date:

3 June 2003 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Coming and Going

Filming Locations:

Príncipe Real Plaza, Lisbon, Portugal

Company Credits

Production Co:

Madragoa Filmes, Gemini Films, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

179 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Black and White (segment) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The on-screen title is Vai-E-Vem, which was the pre-release title. After the film negative editing was complete, the director decided to change the title to Vai e Vem, and this is the registered title, and the promotional Portuguese title used by the Distributor company.

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Goofs

When speaking with policewoman Bárbara, João smashes and throws an empty pack of cigarettes to the floor, and it rolls under the table. After opening the door to let Jorge in, João returns to the table starting a new cigarette and there is no empty pack under it.

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Connections

References Pickpocket (1959)

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Soundtracks

"Motete Qui Habitat"
Music by Josquin Desprez

User Reviews

God Awful!

I had to see this film because my Film History 2 professor made us watch it. My professor told us that he had just come across Joao and he loved this film and he loves all of the films he has seen by him. I have no idea why though. In my opinion this was three hours of nonsense. I sat there confused the entire time. The only thing I understood about the plot was the part about his son and even that has it's holes. I also think he is kind of a copy cat because I saw many of the same sexual things that Godard did in his films. In fact, by the end of this film I felt like I had just finished watching a Godard film. I came out of class feeling confused and disgusted. I do not recommend this film to anyone unless they love Extremely slow moving films, subtitles, and a completely confusing plot. The other reason I found this film hard to watch was because it was in Portuguese and I speak some Castillion Spanish so that combined with the English subtitles drove me nuts. I think most people won't find this a problem, but I did. Again I do not recommend this to anyone. I thought the independent film "The Item" was the worst movie I had ever seen, but then I saw this one. I hope this saves a lot of people from the same torture I had to endure.