Por Mariana Liz
Tourism expansion and the real estate bubble, excessive tuk-tuks, Airbnb flats and construction sites, traditional shops closing down and new service shops opening up: towards the end of Duarte Coimbra’s Amor, Avenidas Novas (2018), the main character Manel lists a number of problems he currently identifies in the city of Lisbon. Manel’s list could have easily been compiled by news agencies and the media, local authorities and citizens’ movements concerned with the future of the city. The key here is that this list, so softly spoken by Manel, lying in bed, on the phone to his mother, is also to blame for his heartache. Misery loves company: it is not just the city that is changing beyond recognition, it is also Manel who, having just met, and fallen in love with Rita, is suffering in despair, wondering what to do next. Continuar a ler