O Pai (Short)

O Pai (The Great Father) is a 2020 brazilian short film loosely based on the political upheaval of the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. The film is co-written, produced and directed by Tiago Abubakir and originally written by Luiz Humberto Campos. 
It had its online premiere at Every Day is Friday TV, a Rotterdam original talk show, on 20 May 2020, and was widely released on 17 December 2020.
== Plot ==
Post-earthquake Lisbon, 1755. When the guardian of the kingdom falls ill, a strong and fearless ruler must subordinate the people, hungry and miserable, to his judgments.
== Reception ==
In an article about the short, Tomatometer approved critic Richard Propes wrote that the "attention to detail shows in the consistency of the film's storyline and in the film's production values that far transcend the limited production budget".
Category:Shorts