Diogo talks about “Virados do Avesso”

Diogo recently spoke to a couple of news outlets about "Virados do Avesso" ("Turned Inside Out") -- the comedy feature film he shot last month in Portugal.  Once again, the incredible Dina graciously translated the interviews for us, found right below the respective videos.   

Diogo discusses "Virados do Avesso" on SIC Noticias

Host: It's the return of Diogo Morgado to the Portuguese cinema. The actor will be "turned inside out."

DM: João Salgado [his character in the movie] is an absolutely normal guy, with his life, with his work, and he suddenly wakes up almost having the life of another person. In other words, he wakes up with his best friend in bed. And he is like, "Wait. What are you doing here Carlos?"  We find out later that what happened is that our João had a small stroke that gave him amnesia. So he forgets that he is gay. That's it. A small detail.

Host: What happens to the character who as a writer, also faces a creativity crisis along with the memory loss, is the starting point for the comedy, directed by Edgar Pêra.

Edgar Pera (director): First there is a desire to make people laugh, which I think is achieved. On the other hand I think it also helps us to reflect on our attitude towards the roles that each character represents, what each is waiting for from the other, the prejudices that we have... I think you can laugh about it all.

(They show Diogo filming a scene from the movie.)

Host: The "Virados do Avesso" cast includes such names as Jorge Corrula, Marina Albuquerque, Nuno Melo and Nicolau Breyner. Diogo Morgado, who is filming a series in the United States, came to Portugal for three weeks to shoot the film. 

DM: The Portuguese are very good at doing a lot with very little. And we should be proud of that. So this may be the biggest reason why I accepted this project. I cannot walk around saying for years that we can do it differently, and then when I am called to the forefront, not be present.

Host: The shooting of the film is in its final phase. "Virados do Avesso" comes to Portuguese theaters on November 20th. 

Diogo discusses "Virados do Avesso" on RTP

Host: After gaining fame and worldwide recognition for playing the role of Jesus in "Son of God," and being christened "Hot Jesus" by American host Oprah Winfrey, Diogo Morgado plays now, in this film, a homosexual going through an identity crisis. 

DM: João Salgado [the character he plays] is an absolutely normal guy who suddenly wakes up almost as another person. In other words, he wakes up, literally, with his best friend lying next to him in his bed. And he thinks "What is this? Uau Carlos, what are you doing here? I'm your friend for 10 years. What is this?" And he says, " You are my friend for 10 years but my boyfriend for 5"... 

Host: A romantic comedy with a gay scenario, but with everything toying with preconceived notions.

DM: [We] play with the stereotypes that we know, that macho thing where he talks like [he uses a deep voice], walking around with the gold necklace around his neck, with his chest open, and for being gay, that which is "very gay." Playing with these stereotypes. 

Host: Diogo Morgado, or rather João, then goes to the doctor to see what happens. 

[Scene from movie] Doctor (Nicolau Breyner): You just forgot that you're gay. In the background is this. But the rest is all perfectly normal, so .... 

Nicolau Breyner (actor): I have a very small role, which is a doctor who gives an opinion on a disease of one of the characters. 

Host: The director wanted to make this story of prejudices, with laughs and a reflection on the present. 

Edgar Pêra (director): The important thing here is to laugh, and to reflect a bit on what are the roles of society. What it is to be a man, what it's like being a woman. 

Host: The entire film will be shot in 3 weeks. Diogo Morgado came here to do this from the United States, where he is filming an American series, because he believes in Portuguese cinema. 

DM: It gave me special pleasure to come back, because I feel that we are moving towards a step we should have taken awhile ago in Portuguese cinema. And I believe this is the way. 

Host: "Virados do Avesso" premieres on November 20th. 

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Thanks to Dina again for the videos and translations.  

And! Thanks to the “Virados do Avesso” Facebook page, we have a short but sweet look at a scene from the upcoming film, which trust me, needs no translation.  :)

(courtesy of "Virados do Avesso" Facebook Page)

Once again for you lucky fans in Portugal, "Virados do Avesso" opens in theaters there on November 20th. 

--Sara

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 198 and 199 Translations

SO sorry for the delay!  Real life strikes again!  But here finally are scenes from Diogo's final episodes of "Sol de Inverno" to catch us up, and to bid, for me anyway, what is a bittersweet farewell to Eduardo. 

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 192 and 193 Translations

As a reminder, I am only posting a few scenes from some of the most recent episodes of "Sol de Inverno" to catch us up.  To recap, even after her death, Thais was able to send a text to all of Eduardo's brothers and sisters telling them where their mother Laura was being held.  Eduardo was able to reach the doctor and have Laura moved to a vacant building before his siblings got there, and the doctor assured them their mother was not there.  But the siblings are more convinced than ever that Eduardo knows where their mother is, and have vowed to do all they can to find her and make Eduardo pay. Eduardo is more convinced than ever they will never find their mother.  Meanwhile, Rita is putting pressure on Eduardo to marry her after all she has done for him...  And that's where we pick up our scenes below, and of course, as always, a huge thank you to Dina for the translations!

Eduardo is in charge

(At the 00:53 mark, Eduardo goes to visit his mother after she has been moved to an abandoned building so his siblings can't find her.)

Eduardo: Good morning, Mom.

Laura: Why are you doing this to me?

Eduardo: Because you haven’t give me any other option, Mother.

Laura: (screams) Don’t call me mother. I'm not your mother. I hate you.

Eduardo: Wow, wow, you're so hard to please mother. You like nothing. You were in hospice, you didn’t like being in hospice. Now I bring you here but you apparently don’t like being here. You don't like me, you don't like anything. You like nothing.

Laura: You bastard, get me outta here. I'm getting out. I'm going to get out.

Eduardo: You're gonna get out, mom? How? Tell me.  Are my brothers and sisters going to get you out? No. .. I don't think so. Last night they even tried to pay a visit to the hospice, and they found nothing. Actually, it was a pity.

(Eduardo hands her a plate with bread on it.)

Eduardo: Go on, take the little bread there that is warm. Come on mom, do it, you need your strength...

(Laura cries.) 

Eduardo: Mom, if I were you, I would get used to the idea that will you not leave here anytime soon.

Laura: Where did I go wrong with you?

Eduardo: Where did you go wrong, Mom? Nowhere. Nowhere.

Laura: I must have done something wrong. Your siblings are nothing like you.

Eduardo: I'm in charge here. I decide when you eat, when you don't eat, if you eat, if you sleep, I'm even able to decide if you don't sleep. And listen, Mother, I'll decide if and when you get out of here. Get that into your head.

Laura: Where are you going Eduardo? Don’t leave me here... Don’t leave me here... Please... Take me with you... Son...

(Eduardo kisses her hands and leaves.)

Marry me!

Rita: So? Have you thought about what I told you?  (About them getting there marriage license today/getting married ASAP.)

Eduardo: Oh Rita...

Rita: Oh Rita, what?

Eduardo: Rita, I have a meeting today. I can’t miss it.

Rita: Oh yes, of course, a meeting ...

Eduardo: I'm serious, I'm not lying. Yes, I have a meeting. I'm not lying ... I told you, love, that we're getting married. But we don't need to schedule it today, do we?

Rita: We also don't need to go there together, do we? Just takes one of us. And I can easily stop by there...

(Eduardo hands a paper to Rita.)

Rita: What’s this?

Eduardo: It's the address where my mother is. I have this meeting ...

Rita: You are funny. You must think I'm still the maid, no?

Eduardo: (full of charm) Ohhh, my maid, I told you that we're getting married. We'll go there tomorrow. Tomorrow the two of us will go together to handle this. I promise.

Rita: You like me? You love me?

Eduardo: Yesss .... Sure.

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--Sara

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 191 Translations

(As always, a huge thank you to Dina for the translations.)

Eduardo "mourns" Thais 

(Teresa and Simão talk in the office about the disappearance of their mother and the possible involvement of Eduardo. Meanwhile a police inspector comes to speak with Eduardo.)
Eduardo: Inspector, good afternoon.
Inspector: Good afternoon, how are you?
Eduardo: I'm fine, thank you. I have already told your colleagues everything that I know ...
Inspector: About your mother, we will speak later. But what brings me here, is another matter.
Eduardo: Sit down, please. Sit. Relax.
Inspector: Thank you very much.
Eduardo: What’s this about?
Inspector: Dr. Eduardo I've come to tell you about the death of Mrs. Thais Lima.
(Eduardo pretends to be surprised and disturbed.)
Inspector: The body was found in a parking lot. Everything indicates that the cause of death was being run over, but we will only confirm this after the autopsy.
Eduardo: My God ... and where was this?
Inspector: Not far from here.
Eduardo: You kn0ow I did not even know that Thais was in Portugal. She's wanted by the police, as you know. Killed all my family's horses, an incident with incalculable loss, and priceless grief.
Inspector: I thought you could help me. You lived together, she could have contacted you...
Eduardo: She could've, of course she could have. But no, no. I have not talked to her in months. Moreover, as I said, I was sure she was in Brazil or any other country. After all, as the inspector must know, she has an arrest warrant.
Inspector: Yes, I know. She had friends in Portugal?
Eduardo: Friends? Friends, no, no. I don’t know of any. In fact, she came from Brazil with me, here to Portugal. After that we set up a pharmaceutical business... So our contacts were all international.
(Eduardo begins to cry.)
Eduardo: Inspector, I apologize. Give me a second. I wasn’t expecting this.
Inspector: Feel free.
(Eduardo gets up and goes to get a glass of water.)
Inspector: Dr. Eduardo, for someone who treated you so badly, you seem to be very upset.
Eduardo: Inspector, please, it's the death of a person, is it not? Moreover a person I know ... She always was a complicated person, but ... Poor thing, things were not going the way she wanted, until it seems everything came to a head. But I am unable to wish someone dead. Even her, please ...
Inspector: Well, we will continue to investigate. If you remember something that is important, do not hesitate to contact me.
Eduardo: Sure, of course. Sure. Inspector, even if you can help me, I never met her family, anyway, all I know is that her family is poor, and I want, Inspector, I want to pay to transport Thais' body to Brazil. I want to do that.
Inspector: I will give orders accordingly.
Eduardo: Thank you very much, Inspector.
(Eduardo reaches his hand out to the inspector but he puts an envelope in Eduardo's hand.)
Inspector: Here is the notice to go to the police tomorrow to make statements about the disappearance of your mother.
Eduardo: Really, there is not two, but three.  When this is the case, it's one behind the other. Certainly, Inspector, I'll be there to say... well... everything that I know.
Inspector: Was a pleasure.
Eduardo: The pleasure was mine.

Eduardo is worried

(Eduardo and Rita talk in the bedroom.)
Eduardo: They are closing in on us, Rita.
Rita: Why? Do you think the inspector is still suspicious?
Eduardo: No, but ... I dunno ... someone might have seen us, someone could identify the car, someone ...
Rita: There is no way to associate us with the death of Thais, ok? We were at the cinema, the movie was great, there were no cameras in the parking lot, her cell phone was destroyed, the car has already been fixed, what more do you want? Thais is not a problem. Now your mother, yes, that is.
Eduardo: I have to about think what I will tell the police. I'll have to explore all options. And then there's another thing that is worrying me. Thais were very clear, she told me that if anything happened to her, that my siblings would find out that my mother was locked up.
Rita: But that's a lie. She just told you that because she was afraid something would happen to her.
Eduardo: Maybe??
Rita: Sure!
\Eduardo: If my siblings discover where my mother is hospitalized ...
Rita: Stop it. Stop with this conversation, okay? All of this is a lie. Nothing will happen, everything's okay. No one will know where your mother is. Okay?

Teresa's ultimatum to her brother

(Teresa, Vicente, Eduardo and Rita are in the living room)
Teresa: Eduardo, I would like to talk with you.
Eduardo: (sits) Very well ...
Teresa: If it can just be the two of us, in the library...
(They go to the library.)
Eduardo: First of all let me thank you. I already received the police’s notice. You should all be very happy.
Teresa: I did what I thought should be done.
Eduardo: This notion of justice would make Judas proud...
Teresa: I didn’t ask you to come here for us to argue, much less for me to be insulted. Want to hear what I have to tell you?
Eduardo: I'm all ears ...
Teresa: I need to know if mom is alive or not. Eduardo, please ...
Eduardo: I don’t know where mother is. I have no idea where mother is. How many times do I have to repeat myself, Teresa. 
Teresa: You do know, yes you know. Why else would you write emails in her name?
Eduardo: I have not written any emails.
Teresa: Don't deny it, Eduardo, I know perfectly well that you did it.  It was always you. Eduardo, please, I'm begging you. I swear to you... I'll withdraw the police complaint, I'll give you full power of the entire company, I'll agree with everything you want, but please tell me she's okay... tell me where she is... I'm your sister, please...
Eduardo: Teresa, I have no idea where our mother is. I wish I could help you, but I don’t know...
Teresa: Let me be clear that from this moment on there is no turning back, Eduardo. The police will go after you and will find out what you're doing, and I will not have any pity, or compassion. I'll not remember, even for a minute,  that you are my brother. Starting today you are a target to beat.
Eduardo: Teresa…
(Teresa leaves.)

Thais speaks from the grave

The siblings are all gathered at Salvador’s home, but Margarida left her phone at the house.  Eduardo is alone in the living room, having a drink, when a message pops up on Margarida's phone. He cannot resist reading the message.  It is a message from Thais to all his siblings, saying where Laura is being held.  Eduardo panics. He calls the doctor right away to say that he is on his way there as he leaves, running.

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--Sara

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 190 Translations

(As always, a huge thank you to Dina for the translations.)

Eduardo returns home after the crime

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 189 Translations

As a reminder, because of real life taking over, I am only posting a few scenes from some of the most recent episodes of "Sol de Inverno" to catch us all up, with my sincere apologies for the gap and delay in posting.  But this episode I am posting is a pivotal episode for "Eduardo."  But to recap the episodes we have missed:  Eduardo kicked Margarida out of the house and Teresa followed her out.... Rita convinced Eduardo to befriend Vicente to talk to him about convincing Teresa not to go to the police about Laura, who is still "missing".... Eduardo started receiving mysterious phone calls where no one said anything, and then he saw someone on the street he was certain was Thais.... and with that, below is episode 189 of "Sol de Inverno."   And as always, a huge thank you to Dina for the translations!

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 181 and 184 Translations

As a reminder, I am only posting a few scenes from some of the most recent episodes of "Sol de Inverno" to catch us all up.   As always, a huge thank you to Dina for the translations!

Six months later....

(6 months have now passed since the last episode. Teresa is waiting for Eduardo at the office.)

Teresa: I was thinking you'd never get here.

Eduardo: Was the traffic. What's going on? I don't remember having anything planned with you.

Teresa: Eduardo, I've made a decision. Mother has gone too long without giving us news. I'll talk with Detective Morais about going to look for her.

Eduardo: Teresa, that isn’t true, is it? Mother has sent emails.

Teresa: That's not enough. I need to hear her voice. I need her to call me.

Eduardo: I don’t understand... Mother didn’t want to be disturbed. I don’t understand why we must insist.

Teresa: I'm not saying she has to come back already. I just need her to assure me that she’s fine, that she's alive. And I can’t understand how you can be so calm... I mean, if I think like you, it's better that mother doesn’t return, right?

Eduardo: Teresa  look, now you're offending me, okay? Okay? I'm just respecting mother's decision, nothing more.

Teresa: You know you'd run for president in two days...

Eduardo: Teresa, there is nothing, nothing more important to me than the health and well-being of our mother. Much more important than any job here at the company.

Teresa: I doubt it. I doubt that's the case ... Anyway, I need to know she's okay. For six months there has not been a single activity on her bank account.

Eduardo: That's... that's weird, Teresa. That’s very strange, but I don’t know... maybe she has an account that we don’t know about, or she took money with her, whatever.

Teresa: No more excuses. I'll talk to Detective Morais whether you like it or not. I'll bring our mother back.

(She leaves and Eduardo is enraged. He makes a phone call to somebody.)

Eduardo: I need to talk to you as soon as possible. It's urgent.

Let's make a deal 

(Eduardo meets with Detective Morais.)

Morais: I confess that I was surprised when you called. I wasn’t expecting that.

Eduardo: Well ... I thank you in advance for coming. But actually I have a very important issue to discuss with you. Let me ask you, has my sister Teresa called you? 

Morais: I have not spoken with anyone in your family for months.

Eduardo: Yeah, but she will call you. She'll call. She knows that you worked for years for my mother, done several jobs for her, and she'll not only call, but she will try to hire you. And Detective Morais, what you will say is, that my mother is well ...

Morais: And why would I do that?

Eduardo: I was expecting that question. However, I am sure detective, that this (an envelope) answers all your questions.

(Morais sees that the envelope contains money)

Eduardo: Say something? Say nothing? Come on Detective, Can I trust you, and be rest assured?

Morais: Don’t worry.

Eduardo: I knew it. I knew I could trust you. Have a nice day. It's already paid for (their drinks).

"Hello?" 

(At the 1:03 mark, Eduardo is in his office and gets a call.  But no one says anything, he only hears breathing.  Eduardo is apprehensive and calls immediately to the clinic where his mother is hospitalized, to see if there is any news.  The doctor him all is well, that his mother is sedated and sleeping.)

Vicente has news

(Eduardo, Rita, Teresa and Vicente dine in silence. Rita calls the maid, Marisa, to bring her a chocolate cake for dessert.  When the maid doesn’t respond, Rita gets up and goes to get the cake herself.)

Eduardo: So Vicente tell us, how was today's work at the gym? Many fat women for you to scream at them to move?

Vicente: Actually the job is going quite well. I can't complain. And I have managed to build a career of my own right. I don't know if you know, Eduardo, but my parents don't own any gym...

Eduardo: No, I didn’t know…

Vicente: I don’t know if Teresa ever told you, but Andreia is also working there too.

Eduardo: But, which Andreia?

Vicente: That one.

Eduardo: You knew this, Teresa?

Teresa: Yes I knew. And I told Vicente for him to be careful and to not give trust her much.

Vicente: She doesn't seem such a bad person. At least so far I have no reason to complain.

Eduardo: Look I warn you as your friend, Vicente. Andreia is a viper..

Teresa: You've always had tremendous ability to pick women...

(Eduardo doesn't respond. Margarida arrives.)

Eduardo: Is it so hard to get to the table on time? We've already finished dinner...

Margarida: I was sending an email to mom. Must already be twenty I have sent her this week, and she doesn’t even answer me..

Eduardo: You still insist .....

Margarida: Shut up! Teresa, I think we should go talk to the police...

Eduardo: Mom is on vacation. It isn’t the police that will bring her back, is it?

Margarida: But who do you think you are kidding? We've already noticed that you don't want to know about mother. You are loving having power at Boheme.

Eduardo: But who told you that? I'm worried about mother ...

Margarida: Eduardo, you are not concerned aboutmother or anyone... More and more I wish you had died in Mexico (and she rises from the table).

Eduardo: You deserve a couple of slaps, you understand? Listen, you can’t talk to me like that, okay?

Teresa: You are in big trouble if you raise your hand...

Rita: But what's going on? Now that the cake is here, everyone gets up? I don’t understand.

Eduardo: (gets up too) I lost my appetite.

Rita: That's another one...

Vicente: I'll try a piece.

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More scenes/episodes to come and we will be all caught up soon!  Thank you again for your patience!  

--Sara

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 180 Translations

SO sorry I have been missing and lacking in posting!  Real life has been busy and taken over!  To try to catch us up, I am only going to post the really good/important scenes from the last few episodes, starting with this episode, which has some great stuff in it.  As a recap, Eduardo sold the factory, much to his siblings' shock and anger.  As always, thanks to Dina for the translations, and again, my apologies for the delay.

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 178 Translations

(As always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

You've got mail

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 176 and 177 Translations

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The sisters are worried

(Teresa and Margarida are concerned that their mother didn't call to say she had arrived at the clinic in France.) 

Eduardo: I think you are worried for no reason. 

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 175 Translations

(As always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

Laura's going to France 

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 173 and 174 Translations

(As always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

Laura's still in the hospital

Eduardo: We have to do something. 

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 170, 171 and 172 Translations

(As always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

Rita has a plan

(Rita and Eduardo talk in the bedroom.)

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 167, 168 and 169 Translations

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Rita presses Eduardo

(Eduardo and Rita talk in the bedroom.) 

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 165 and 166 Translations

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The family discusses Manel

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 164 Translations

(As always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

Secrets revealed

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 160, 162, and 163 Translations

(Please note that "Eduardo" was not in episode 161, and as always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 158 and 159 Translations

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Kids say the darndest things 

(Simão, Nuno and Camila are having dinner with the family at home.)

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episode 157 Translations

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Laura is mad about Matilde

(Laura, Margarida and Eduardo are in the living room.) 

Laura: (furious) This is unacceptable. 

Eduardo: You want me to make you a drink, Mom? 

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"Sol de Inverno" - Episodes 155 and 156 Translations

(As always, thank you to Dina for the translations!)

Teresa's back in the hospital

(Laura and Eduardo were visiting Teresa to the hospital. Eduardo is panicking about possibly catching a virus.) 

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