| Embargo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | António Ferreira |
| Produced by | Tathiani Sacilotto António Ferreira |
| Written by | José Saramago (Novel) Tiago Sousa (Screenplay) |
| Starring | Filipe Costa Cláudia Carvalho Pedro Diogo Fernando Taborda José Raposo |
| Music by | Luís Pedro Madeira |
| Release date(s) | September 30, 2010 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
Embargo is a 2010 film that is an adaptation of a tale included in the 1978 book Quasi Object by the Portuguese writer José Saramago.
Nuno is a man working at a hot dog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno becomes mysteriously confined to his car, finding his life suddenly embargoed