Campo

In the outskirts of Lisbon, an enormous field of wild nature (the title’s “campo”) hosts the largest military base in Europe: infantry units take part in forest-based simulations, fighter jets ramble far off in the distance, nocturnal silence is ripped apart by the patter of machine guns. At the same time, astronomy aficionados observe the stars and a boy plays the piano for the wild deers lurking in the dark. Blending ancient myths of men and gods with a prosaic touch of realism, this transcendental documentary of nearby whispers and distant echoes celebrates life in all its – mundane and mysterious – contradictory dimensions.