Synopsis “A journey through memories of a land, that finds its identity with the arrival of the steam machine… A place here the men once, pulled habits and traditions, pressed their body and trod the blood that the earth offered them. Now the time is marked by the crush of the productivity mechanisms in series, headed for an unknown future… Consign the Machine to Men or Diminish Men to the Machine?” The Uselessness Creators In the XIX century 4 inventors, worried to convince the people of their machines utilities, discovered the solidarity advantages and the risks of a society based on the technical progress. Will they know how to handle with the mechanism implications and find a alternative to this new problem, that suppose to be a solution? Beyond revealing the human ingenious need to create solutions to nonexistent problems, “Humanum Fatum” wishes to honor all the creative imagination carriers, even those that nothing invented, but their persistent attempts, dedication and stubbornness, became an inspiration source for many others… Technical Card Production: PIA - Projectos de Intervenção Artística, CRL Author, Artistic Direction and Plastic Conception: Pedro Leal Stating and Actors Direction: Sylvain Pecker Production Direction and Audiovisual: Helena Oliveira Scenography: Pedro Leal, Ricardo Mondim Fashion-plate: Maria João Domingues, Olinda Cordas, Filomena Godinho Light Technician: João Nunes Sonoplastic: Álvaro Presumido Creation and Interpretation: Helena Oliveira / Pedro Leal / Ricardo Mondim / Sylvain Peker