Playback

Playback — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 6, 2026
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Music, Family
• Director
• Sérgio Graciano

Playback — Cast

Rafael Ferreira Carlos Paião Laura Dutra Zaida Cardoso Mariana do Ó Marisa Beatriz Brás Lena Guilherme Moura Pedro Lacerda Albano Jerónimo Mário Martins Anabela Moreira Romeu Vala Tomé