Playback
PLAYBACK is not just a biopic about Carlos Paião. It's a journey into the creative universe of one of the greatest geniuses of Portuguese music. Carlos studies Medicine, lives among books, exams, and expectations, but it is in the secret of melodies, words, and imagination that he finds the place where he truly breathes. In a country still discovering new sounds, he risks exchanging the security of a white coat for the uncertainty of stages, songs, and a dream bigger than himself. Between duty and desire, reason and intuition, fear and courage, Carlos builds a unique path, made of talent, humor, creative obsession, and an almost luminous urgency to leave his mark. PLAYBACK reveals not only the songs that made Carlos Paião an unforgettable figure in Portuguese music, but also the intimate universe from which they were born.
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Release
2026-08-06
Cast
Rafael Ferreira
Carlos Paião
Laura Dutra
Zaida Cardoso
Mariana do Ó
Marisa
Beatriz Brás
Lena
Guilherme Moura
Pedro Lacerda
Albano Jerónimo
Mário Martins
Anabela Moreira
Romeu Vala
Tomé
Sebastião Varaine
Peter
Rita Durão
António Mortágua
Rodrigo Costa
Jovem Paião
Teresa Faria
Avó Ofélia
Diogo Mesquita
Manel
Luis Ferreira
Eládio Clímaco
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