Commercial | Feature Film

A Pianista

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor & Best Original Song at Prémios Sophia 2026

PRODUCTION Company: BeActive Entertainment

PRODUCTION COUNTRY: PORTUGAL

RUNNING TIME: 1h38

YEAR: 2025

Feature Film produced by BeActive Entertainment and directed by Nuno Bernardo and Patrícia Brásia. Premiered at MOTELx in 2025 and was distributed by NOS Cinemas.

Synopsis:

Ana’s life is turned upside down with the sudden death of her husband. Without Jorge—and despite the company of their teenage son—the former pianist spends her days in solitude on her secluded estate in Alentejo. As she tries to navigate the winding path of grief and acceptance, she is surprised by a call from a cloning company informing her that Jorge had hired their services while he was still alive.

Consumed by doubt, Ana eventually gives in to the desire to reunite with her husband, even if it means trading reality for fiction. To make matters worse, Ana also discovers that Jorge may be hiding a macabre secret. The family reunion resurrects the demons of the past and makes it clear that it is impossible to grasp a future that belongs to no one.

FILM CREW:

Directors & Writer: Nuno Bernardo

producers: Nuno Bernardo & joana alves

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Pedro Negrão

1st ac: sílvio rocha

gaffer: filipe ferraria

art direction: bruna boavida

wardrobe: sara lopes

MU and Hair: olga josé

Sound: luís henrique silveira

sound design & mixing: adrian Santos (genial sound studio)

Editor: Pedro M. Afonso

STARRING: Teresa tavares, miguel borges, gonçalo almeida, marco paiva, diogo c. martins & marco costa

Pedro M. Afonso

Film Director