The last rehearsals

It seems easy to be supportive... #1

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How do they laugh in Africa? #2

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Simone, do you want to go to Mozambique? #3

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I am going to Mozambique! But to do what? #4

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The meetings #5

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Where do I start? #6

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Meeting with

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The first contacts with Mozambique #8

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Agenda first mission in Mozambique #9

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First mission: arrival in Maputo #1

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But where am I? #2

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Meeting with Alvim Cossa #3

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Teatro do Oprimido Show #4

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Meeting with the Machaka Association #5

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The Show by the Machaka Group #6

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Manuela Soeiro and the Avenida Theater #7

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Gonçalo Mabunda #8

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Meeting with the Luarte Association #9

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Luarte Show #10

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Maputo - Pemba Journey #11

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Vitor Raposo #12

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Pemba – Palma Trip #13

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Visit to the village of Quionga #14

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Visit to the village of Quirindi #15

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That wonderful beach! #16

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Visit to the village of Pundanhar #17

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The Mamãe Kit #18

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Visit to the hospital in Palma #19

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Return to Italy #20

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The project continues! #1

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How many meetings are we going to have?!? #2

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Agenda second mission in Mozambique #3

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Second mission in Mozambique, arrival at Pemba #4

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Felix Mambucho #5

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Performance Vitor Raposo and the Tambo Tambulani Tambo company #6

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Pemba – Palma Trip #7

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Performances at Palma, on with the casting! No, stop! #8

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Grupo do funzionarios #9

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Performances (and casting) in the village of Pundanhar #10

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Performances (and casting) in the village of Quionga #11

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Selecting the actors for the Italian stages #12

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Are you ready to come to Italy? #13

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The return to Italy and end of the second mission #14

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Preparing for the first training period at Alcatraz #1

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Arrival at the Libera Università di Alcatraz #2

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We begin! #3

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Mario Pirovano #4

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Acting with Mario Pirovano #5

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Arms going up on their own! #6

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A dive into the theatre #7

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Let’s tell a love story! #8

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Being an actor is hard work #9

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What days! #10

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O falso médico! #11

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We all go shopping! #12

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The performance takes shape #13

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We need an ultrasound! #14

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Rome has never been so beautiful! #15

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Second training session: the first day... #1

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The return of the Mozambicans #2

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A tragic day #3

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Memory tests with Mario Pirovano #4

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Rehearsals, rehearsals, rehearsals… and that script in 3 languages… #5

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First reading of the script in Swahili #6

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Just for a change, we rehearse... #7

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That damned video! #8

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In and around Perugia #9

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The last rehearsals #10

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Action! #11

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Changes to the show? Change the title?!? #1

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Confusion in Fatima’s House #2

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Preparation of the stage design #3

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Ready to go (again)? #1

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Arrival at Pemba #2

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At Palma under the palm trees (wet!) #3

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First day of the tour: Mute #4

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Second day of the tour: Pundanhar #5

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Third day of the tour: Quionga #6

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Fourth day of the tour: Palma #7

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Fifth day of the tour: Olumbe #8

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Thank you Mozambique, thank you so much! #9

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Only tomorrow left, and then even this second stage of the theatre project will be finished. Today, the dress rehearsal!

We try on everything, costumes, props, make-up and finally the closing health messages. They’re the latest addition to the show.

At the end of the performance Arlete, who plays the obstetrician, and Safina, who plays Amina, read a series of health messages to help pregnant women handle their pregnancy in the best way possible and safely.

The script highlights the importance of having an ultrasound scan to see how healthy the baby is, then we speak of hygiene, food, pre- and post-natal checks.

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It’s no good. Today’s two rehearsals didn’t go well. And this is not good news.

We repeat the model of the other day, which worked, and after the rehearsal we show the Mozambicans the film, stopping on the errors, one by one.

When the lights go back on I ask “O que aconteceu?” (what’s happening?)

They forgot some lines and, after reading the script 100 times (it just isn’t possible), an actor fluffed his line, went into a panic and left the stage.

Everything was disconnected, disconnected, the comical timing completely lost.

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I tell Adelino about a mistake and he answers me back. It’s the first time. He has a very important role, maybe even the most important. He’s the real doctor, he has to display a certain manner, a mix of scientific and human. It’s the key to everything!

“Enough! You always tell me the same things! I understand!!!”

I tell him I’m sorry, I run the film to its end, just a few minutes, then everyone gets up and goes away. It was a long day, long and complicated.

Maybe one of them is already thinking about the plane… about arriving in Mozambique.

Before going to bed I say goodnight to the group, one by one, and I hug Adelino (junior).

I say to them, and also to myself, come on… there’s still tomorrow left!