Campo
“Campo de Marte” (The Field of Mars) was in the ancient times Rome’s training arena for war. At the outskirts of Lisbon, “Campo” hosts today Europe’s largest military base. In this place military troops train fictional missions, astronomy aficionados observe the stars and a boy plays the piano for the wild deers lurking in the dark.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Tiago Hespanha
Ramen Heads
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The Invisible String
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Cirque du Soleil: Alegria
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