Jorge Campos

During the 1958 presidential elections General Humberto Delgado is received by the city of Porto with an unprecedented and unbelievable demonstration of 200 thousand citizens that bravely and boldly displayed their support to the candidate that dared challenge the fascist regime of Salazar. This documentary tells the story of the 14th of May 1958, of the reasons for such a public display of civil disobedience and of the consequences thereafter.

Two Lawalapiti young men from Alto Xingu learn to build a canoe from the bark of the jatobá tree, a quick and simple technique that leaves the tree still rooted and alive, and that has ceased to be used and is only known by the oldest Lawalapiti men.

20 years later, Jorge Campos returns to film Nadir Afonso, this time in the privacy of his house in Cascais and, once again, in the immensity of Trás-os-Montes. In O Tempo Não Existe breathes the day by day of a man who turned 90 years old and continues to make painting and reflection on it the raison d'etre of his existence.