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Synopsis: Pedro, an engineer posted in a village in the North of Portugal, waits desperately to be transferred back to Lisbon. Ever since his road project was cancelled, he's had nothing to do except work on the village website he created. Just when a transfer seems imminent, Pedro receives a letter from a large multinational. They summon Pedro to close the site, citing domain name infringement. Failure to do so will result in a 500.000 Euro lawsuit. But only the village association can close the site. And the villagers refuse. Their logic: if the site is worth 500.000 Euros in damages, then it's worth 500.000 Euros. The situation spins out of control when the press gets wind of the story and the villagers' plight becomes a cause célèbre from New York to Hong Kong. But as interest rises, so does dissension in the village. Under the media spotlight, the villagers start to change - and not always for the better.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Luís Galvão Teles
Production: Fado Filmes
  7 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
2007
103 min
67 Views


of the decision they're about to make:

will the site stay open

or will it disappear

like the old village?

"Aguas Altas vs Multinationals"

"Down with Drinam" "Save our site!"

Yes for the road, the helicopter

and the post office.

For the roofs,

the government supports Aguas Altas'

candidacy for World Heritage.

For the football team... Some things

even the government can't do.

What guarantees do we have?

Signed by the Prime Minister himself.

Only villagers in the church.

Non-villagers over there.

Today's decision will be heard

far beyond the village.

One thing is sure,

no matter what happens,

not everyone will be happy

at the end of the day.

In the name of the Father,

the Son

and the Holy Spirit.

- Amen.

As Mayor,

I want you to think

carefully before voting.

For Aguas Altas is,

and will always be,

our village.

We should accept

the government's offer.

If we sell the site to Drinam,

we'll be hated by all of Portugal.

By the whole world.

We have to decide on our own.

We shouldn't listen to others.

It's time.

Let us vote, my brothers.

Mario.

Sell to Drinam!

And the Spanish invasion?

The Spanish? What I don't like

is orders from Lisbon.

Who hasn't voted? Ignacio.

The Engineer,

Geronimo. And Father.

Sell the site to Drinam.

But you said the site

was a symbol of our faith!

What the Lord gives,

He can take away.

And He saw

that our spiritual well-being

was in danger.

God's spoken

through Father Felicidade.

Ignacio?

It's your turn.

I'm torn.

I accept the government's offer.

But I want to sell it to Drinam too.

Ignacio, my son,

it's one or the other.

The government's offer.

No!

Sell the site to Drinam!

It's a tie.

- Pedro!

- We know what the Engineer wants.

The Engineer has the

right to vote like the rest of us.

Anyone who doesn't agree

will have to deal with me.

How do you vote, brother?

Like Ignacio.

Sell to Drinam?

And accept the government's offer.

The world is waiting

to see how the village voted.

Mr. Mayor,

what did the village decide?

Pedro?

Why is no one answering?

Concha!

- How are you?

- Fine. And you?

Que guapa!

- Did you miss me?

- Si. Mucho.

It's Concha.

Aguas Altas has decided

to keep the site open.

By unanimity.

Thank you, thank you.

We have more good news.

Aguas Altas,

unanimously again,

has also decided

to partner with Drinam.

We're renting them our

village name for ten years.

In a situation where all expected

winners and losers,

Aguas Altas found a way

where everyone won.

Once again, it shows

Portuguese ingenuity has no limits.

One, two, three. One, two.

I'm Concha.

Victor's fiance.

Then who's the other Concha?

The village has something

important to tell you.

The village has decided

it doesn't want the road.

You don't want the road?

Too much confusion.

To the magic of Dornes,

where the film was shot.

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