Private Project

Family Heirloom

Dealing with grief and the passing of time, Lao is an old man whose son is living far from Macau. Left without friends and or anyone with whom to leave a precious family relic, his heirloom seems bound to be forgotten. Until one day...

  • João Nuno Brochado
    Director
    Tax Free, Down to the Sea, Tokyo Porto 9 hours, A Man's Sized Mountain
  • João Nuno Brochado
    Writer
  • Ana Sofia Pereira
    Writer
  • Tracy Choi 徐欣羡
    Producer
  • Lomak 麥潔慧
    Producer
  • António Salas Sanmarful
    Director of Photography
  • Miko Ng 吳子琪
    Art Director
  • Ellison Lau 劉志強
    Sound Director
  • Pedro Marques
    Music Composer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    傳家寶
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy, Suspense
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Macao
  • Country of Filming:
    Macao
  • Language:
    Portuguese, Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - João Nuno Brochado

João Nuno Brochado was born in Porto, Portugal and is currently living in Macao, where he is the coordinator of Cinema programmes at USJ's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. He has been working as a filmmaker since 2001, and started production companies in Portugal and in Macao. His most successful film, "A Man Sized Mountain" was nº1 sales in Portugal for 6 weeks.

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Director Statement

Macao is a city known for casinos, entertainment and its busy life, and so many film productions focus on these aspects of the city. But Macau is also a quiet city, where its inhabitants enjoy a good quality of life, slow-paced, peaceful and relaxed. Among the streets and patios of Macao, we see children playing, women chatting ,dancing, practising Tai-Chi and men playing Mahjong with friends. It is the city where turtles still roam. This film focuses on this aspect of Macao.
Besides that, Macao is also a place of encounter between the western cultures, namely the Portuguese, and the Chinese cultures. As a Portuguese director living in Macao, this is an important aspect that will be present in the film, not only because the story portrays this encounter, but also visually and in the music.
It's also a story about the end of life - the wait for that day and the anxiety that old people experience of trying to get everything sorted out before they pass away.