Before shipping the product to the customer, a manufacturer of androids develops a final quality control test, supervised by a technician, where skills such as learning the customer’s language are improved. This part of the process invariably occurs in a closed environment, usually a house whose key characteristics are similar to those of the customer's home. Alpha and Beta are an android couple only a few weeks away from being shipped to their future owners in Japan.
A prize-winner at Portugal’s Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Alpha is a disarmingly beautiful, intriguing first film from director Miguel Fonseca.
- Director
- Miguel Fonseca
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 2008
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 28'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Languages
- Portuguese, Japanese
- Producers
- Sandro Aguilar, Luís Urbano
- Production Company
- O Som e a Fúria
- Sales
- Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency
- Screenplay
- Miguel Fonseca
- Editor
- Sandro Aguilar
- Production Design
- Bruno Duarte
- Cast
- João Nicolau