THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ANTÓNIO DE MACEDO

António de Macedo (1931−2017) was a Portuguese filmmaker, writer, university professor and lecturer. He gave up filmmaking in the 1990s as he felt systematically excluded from the state support programs of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the only financial source for film production in Portugal in that time. As a consequence, he dedicated himself entirely to writing, investigation and teaching. He published several books, essays, philosophy and fiction.
Inspired by Macedo's experimental work and preambles with the genres of fantasy and speculative fiction, Bonneville created the first performance of this series as a sort of resumption and resurrection - since his persona died in the previous series (see MB#9).

Credits
Director, Writer, Performer, Costumes: M̶i̶g̶u̶e̶l̶ Bonneville. Original Soundtrack: BlackBambi. Light Design: Nuno Patinho. Artistic Support: Cláudia Varejão. Photography and Video: Joana Linda. Communication: Sara Oliveira. Executive Production: Daniel Abrantes. Co-production: Teatro do Vestido, CCB, Festival Temps d'Images. Support: Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cinesonics, Saída de Emergência Edições.

Premiere
21st - 22nd of December 2013, Centro Cultural de Belém, Festival Temps d'Images, Lisbon, Portugal

Tour
13th of July 2019, Estar em Casa - São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisbon, Portugal