
From Nowhere - A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe (2025)
October 25, 2025Documentary1h 21m
Overview
Filmed over seven years, the documentary follows Valter Hugo Mãe as he writes his novel “A Desumanização”, across journeys through Iceland, Brazil, Portugal, Colombia, and Macau. A visual meditation on solitude, loss, and belonging, featuring appearances by cartoonist Laerte Coutinho and Icelandic composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, mentor of bands such as Sigur Rós and Björk. The film is part of the project “The Meaning of Life”, which director Miguel Gonçalves Mendes has been developing for more than a decade: a series of nine features built as a kaleidoscope of contemporary figures, in which the filmmaker invites us to reflect on what makes us, as humans, unique beings.
Videos
Similar Movies

Cien libros juntasApril 22, 2025

The Wanted 18September 6, 2014

Chop My MoneyMarch 26, 2015

Blessed Blessed OblivionDecember 11, 2011

AriadneAugust 27, 2005

Hawaii: A Voice for SovereigntyJune 1, 2009
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara MillionaireAugust 25, 2014

The Thirst of a Stone SeaJanuary 1, 2007

Memories of a Nazi CampJune 14, 2019

La traque de l'affiche rougeJanuary 1, 2006

I'm not unhappyMarch 15, 2019

Les camps de concentration nazis - 1933 1945January 1, 2005

Na krevJune 11, 2020

Prague, March ’92January 1, 1992

My Life As I Live ItDecember 11, 1993
The Snake in My BedJanuary 1, 1995
Atilogivu: The Story of a Wrestling MatchJanuary 1, 1982

The Essential CornishmanNovember 1, 2016

An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian WarSeptember 20, 2010

The Bridge at Midnight TremblesOctober 5, 2006