CASA ALVES
Casa Alves was a grocery store situated in Lisbon's Alfama district. It involuntarily had to close its doors in 2016.
Opened in 1955, Jose Louis Alves took over the store from his father and made it the heart of the neighbourhood. People came not only to shop, but to chat, deposit keys, stamp envelopes in the little back room, share a glass of wine, or two, over joyful as much as sad events.
As Lisbon's oldest streets and houses are being sold and refurbished one after the next, Casa Alves owner Jose and his assistant, the long-served Jose Maria, know that their days are numbered. Ignoring their imminent shutdown, they raise their glasses one last time and meet an uncertain future with humour and friendship.
CREDITS
PT 2015 | 7min | colour
directed by
KATHARINA KASTNER (LIST)
cinematography by
KATHARINA KASTNER
KINSHUK SURJAN
edited by KATHARINA KASTNER
thank you
Jose and Manuela Ferreira Alves
Jose Maria Encarnacao dos Santos
DOC NOMADS 2015-17