Set during WWII, young orphan Celeste, accused of witchcraft, seeks truth and revenge. In Aljezur, as German air raids intensify, fear and superstition grow. Celeste uncovers a Nazi plot, the truth of her parents’ deaths, and her true identity in a fight against myth.
Algarve’s western coast, 1943. In the midst of World War II, Portugal declares neutrality, but in the isolated village of Aljezur, reality is very different. German air raids on Allied ships near the coast spread fear among the population, still haunted by a past marked by witchcraft. Celeste, a young orphan from a heretic family, is accused of being the heir to this evil that caused so many past tragedies. Betrayed and exiled from the village, she sets out to uncover the truth about her parents’ death, her own identity, and to seek revenge against those who condemned her. Meanwhile, the growing Nazi presence in the region hides dark secrets. A story of mystery, superstition, and resistance to oppression, questioning the very malleable nature of truth.
Writer-director of Portuguese-Brazilian roots, Guilherme made his directorial debut in 2022 with the short film VORTEX, winner of the BEST PORTUGUESE SHORT AWARD at MOTELX. The film was screened in top festivals across the world. In 2020 he won a national script competition promoted by NETFLIX and the PORTUGUESE FILM INSTITUTE (ICA), with over 1200 entries, with his series FINISTERRA. Guilherme studied Film production at the University of Westminster and took a Masters in Film Philosophy at King’s College London.
Director and Photographer based in Lisbon, Leone, since an early
age has looked to visual arts as his form of expression.
Before applying to the National Film Conservatory in Lisbon, he
wrote and directed a few experimental short films that circulated
the national film festival scene, namely Fantasporto and Lisbon
Microfilm Festival, the latter being displayed in São Jorge cinema.
He is now in pre-production of his first TV fiction series, “Finisterra”
