Experiencing Interruptions?

When the machines stop

The film tells the story of the couple, Nina and Zé, or any couple that is faced with the difficulties of life. Hostages of impossibility, suffocated by everyday life, the couple resists. Weakened by recession and unemployment. Amid waves of layoffs and lack of perspective in a Brazil that does not change.

  • Dino Menezes
    Director
    Dino Menezes
  • Plinio Marcos
    Writer
  • Vanessa Aguiar Rodrigues
    Producer
  • Macos Di Belo
    Key Cast
    "Ze"
  • Beatriz Bitencurt
    Key Cast
    "Nina"
  • Caio Martinez Paxeco
    Key Cast
    "Gordão"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Quando as Máquinas Param
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 13, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Dino Menezes

Adriano Machado Menezes
Audiovisual producer and director, Dino Menezes works with Cinema, Theater and Literature. winner of
numerous awards in Baixada Santista and in the State of São Paulo, participated in Film Festivals in Brazil and
abroad. Multimedia artist, Dino Menezes transits between cinema, photography, literature and theater,
developing their free art. He produces the Mostra Cine Debate and the Mostra MABS de Cinema. he is one of
founders and coordinators of MABS, Audiovisual Movement of Baixada Santista.
He worked as a film teacher at the European Center in Santos and held film workshops at Oficina
Cultural Pagu within the circuit of Cultural Workshops in the State of São Paulo.
Owner of Dino Filmes, an independent video production company, which for 21 years uses audiovisual as
form of expression of Art and Culture.

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Director Statement

The love for subversion, cinema and language is the engine of our productions. We make A cinema of protest and art. After all, Cinema is not caviar !!!