Martin Dale ContributorPortuguese director Susana Nobre’s second fiction feature film, “Jack’s Ride” is a 70-minute memory-laden road movie that weaves concentric circles through the urban, industrial and natural landscapes of a small town, 20 miles from Lisbon, while reminiscing about 1980s New York.63-year old, Joaquim (Joaquim Calçada) has just been made redundant after working in heavy industry in Portugal and as a taxi driver in the 1980s, in New York.To comply with the unemployment benefit red tape he must collect stamps from companies, confirming that he is looking for work.
This offers the starting point for a journey through an atlas of different places and memories – mixing together the local landscapes and his life story, while.
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