Complô premieres in over a dozen cities this Thursday

The life story of Bruno Furtado, a Creole rapper and political activist known as Ghoya, serves as the starting point for Complô, a new documentary by João Miller Guerra.

After its world premiere in July at the Marseille International Film Festival (FIDMarseille), and its presentation at Doclisboa in October, where it received an Honorable Mention, Complô arrives in cinemas this Thursday, November 20th, in several cities across the country: Barreiro, Coimbra, Covilhã, Guarda, Leiria, Lisbon, Porto, São João da Madeira, Setúbal, Sintra, and Viana do Castelo. Complô is João Miller Guerra’s first solo film and offers an intimate portrait of the trajectory of Bruno Furtado, a rapper and political activist known as Ghoya, whose story reveals the contradictions of a country that never recognized him.

“An orphan of the country where he was born, an orphan of the State. Imprisoned for half his life, always free.” Born in Portugal, Bruno Furtado did not have access to Portuguese citizenship. Son of a São Toméan mother and a Cape Verdean father, he grew up marked by structural racism, inequality, and a long period of imprisonment, which he mentions in detail in the documentary. Complô follows the recording of Ghoya’s album and inhabits this tense space between the vulnerability of his experience and the strength of his lyrics that fuel his continued existence. Through the complicit gaze of João Miller Guerra, not only the multiple layers of Ghoya emerge, but also the echoes of the lives of many other children of immigrants, marginalized Portuguese, deprived of equal opportunities.

With a screenplay and direction by João Miller Guerra, editing by Pedro Cabeleira, cinematography by Vasco Viana, and production by Filipa Reis, Complô is a production of Uma Pedra no Sapato, distributed by Magenta. Over the next few days, special sessions are still planned with the participation of Ghoya, João Miller Guerra, and other guests.

Week of November 20th to 26th

Barreiro:

• Fórum Barreiro

Coimbra:

• NOS Alma Coimbra

Covilhã:

• Cineplace Serra Shopping

Guarda:

• Cineplace La Vie Guarda

Leiria:

• Cinemacity Leiria

Lisbon:

• Cinema NOS Alvalaxia
• CinemaCity Alvalade

Porto:

• Cinema NOS Alameda Shop & Spot

São João da Madeira:

• Cineplace 8ª Avenida S. João da Madeira

Setúbal:

• Cinemacity Setúbal

Sintra:

• Alegro Sintra

Viana do Castelo:

• Cineplace Estação Viana Shopping

Single screenings

Lisbon

• Cinema Nimas: November 22nd
• Cinema Nimas: November 24th
• Cinema Fernando Lopes: November 25th November

Special screenings, with the presence of Ghoya and João Miller Guerra

Cinemacity Setúbal

• November 20th, at 7:30 PM

Fórum Barreiro

• November 21st, at 6:30 PM

Alegro Sintra

• November 22nd, at 6:30 PM

Cinema Nimas, Lisbon

• November 24th, at 9:45 PM

Cinemacity Alvalade, Lisbon

• November 25th, at 10:00 AM

Cinema Fernando Lopes, Lisbon

• November 25th, at 9:00 PM

Casa do Cinema de Coimbra

• December 1st, at 9:30 PM

About João Miller Guerra

João Miller Guerra (1974) lives and works in Lisbon. He graduated in Equipment Design from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon and completed his academic training in Painting and Visual Arts at Ar.Co. Between 2014 and 2021, he was a partner in the film and television production company UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO/VENDE-SE FILMES. Together with Filipa Reis, he produced more than ten documentaries that were screened and awarded at festivals such as IDFA, Cinema du Reel, DokLeipzig, Doclisboa, Indielisboa, among many others. The duo’s first feature film, DJON ÁFRICA, premiered in the Tiger section of the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2018 and won the FIPRESCI jury prize at the Uruguay International Film Festival. In 2023, they premiered LÉGUA at the Cannes Filmmakers’ Fortnight, winning the Special Jury Prize at the Festival del Cinema Europeo. In 2025, João Miller Guerra presented his solo directorial work, COMPLÔ, a documentary that premiered at FIDMarseille and was presented in Portugal in the national competition at Doclisboa.

Filmography:

• 2010 / Li Ké Terra / LM
• 2011 / Orquestra Geração / LM
• 2012 / Bela Vista / CM
• 2012 / Cama de Gato / CM
• 2013 / Fragmentos de uma Observação Participativa / CM
• 2014 / O Indispensável Treinamento da Vagueza / CM
• 2015 / Fora da Vida / CM
• 2018 / Djon África / LM
• 2023 / Légua / LM

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