Life Out There Has It Been Seen

Minas de São Domingos is a small village built on a mine in the Alentejo region of Portugal Today the mine which in other times kept its neighbours in employment is no longer operating It is difficult to imagine a future for this slightly forgotten land crisscrossed by ruins that bear witness to a happier era and virtually abandoned by inhabitants forced to leave to find work elsewhere Its summer children play in the street tourists camp next to the river adults burst into traditional song in the ruins of the mine Here everything happens as a community as if being together was the only possible answer to the question formulated by the films title