Playback

"Playback" follows Carlos Paião beyond the biopic label, focusing on the creative universe of one of the most striking names in Portuguese music. The film traces the life of a young man torn between Medicine and the call of music, between the security of the academic path and the uncertainty of betting everything on songs.

The narrative highlights his talent, humor, creative restlessness and the urgency of asserting a singular artistic identity, while also showing the intimate setting from which the songs that made Carlos Paião unforgettable were born. It is a portrait of the conflict between duty and desire, reason and intuition, and of the way a work can emerge from a vocation embraced against all reservations.