Sob Céus Estranhos

During the Second World War Lisbon was a corridor for refugees going from Hitlers occupied territories to America This film tells two parallel stories about exile and accommodation Through a narrated memoir and photographs the tale of a German Jewish family that decided to stay in Portugal is recounted The larger more sociological account of the others who used Lisbons escape route is skillfully told as well using beautifully shot historic footage and written memoirs by some of the eras leading intellectuals including Heinrich Mann and Alfred Döblin This film evokes a desperate intensely romantic period of exile despair and ultimately freedom