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Feature film — 2026

Playback (2026)

5.71h 30mMusic — Family

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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Director: Sérgio Graciano

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Cast & crew

Rafael Ferreira as Carlos Paião

Rafael Ferreira

Carlos Paião

Laura Dutra as Zaida Cardoso

Laura Dutra

Zaida Cardoso

Mariana do Ó as Marisa

Mariana do Ó

Marisa

Beatriz Brás as Lena

Beatriz Brás

Lena

Guilherme Moura as Pedro Lacerda

Guilherme Moura

Pedro Lacerda

Albano Jerónimo as Mário Martins

Albano Jerónimo

Mário Martins

Anabela Moreira as

Anabela Moreira

Romeu Vala as Tomé

Romeu Vala

Tomé

Sebastião Varaine as Peter

Sebastião Varaine

Peter

Rita Durão as

Rita Durão

António Mortágua as

António Mortágua

Rodrigo Costa as Jovem Paião

Rodrigo Costa

Jovem Paião

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