Born in Lisbon in 1981, Crista began her artistic education at the University Theater Group at the Literature University with Ávila Costa. She did a Workshop on Performance with Patrícia Portela and, in 2004, she completed her acting education at the National Theater and Film School in Lisbon. She furthered her studies at the Stella Adler School of Acting in New York. There, she held a scholarship for Inov-Art, in 2011 with the theater companies Elevator Repair Service and Wooster Group. In 2021, Crista completed a Postgraduate Degree in Writing Arts at Nova FCSH University. Crista participated in the European project École des Maîtres in 2013, with Contanza Mackras. In 2015, she participated in the show Softcell, with the Gothenburg Contemporary Dance Company, created by Constanza Makras. In 2016, she created and performed Animenos at Maria Matos Theater (a text by Rita Taborda Duarte). In 2019, Crista created and performed Niet Hebben, participated in the show We’re Gonna Be Alright with Teatro Cão Solteiro; Selvageria by Filipe Hirsch in São Paulo, Brazil and Cinderella created by Lígia Soares. Crista was involved in various projects as an actress, including: Mala Voadora with Jorge Andrade; Casa e Jardim with Miguel Loureiro and André Guedes; Solene Resgate with Ricardo Neves; Caça e Pedra with Rogério de Carvalho; Quarteto and Esta noite improvisa-se, with Jorge Silva Melo; O nosso desporto favorito with Gonçalo Waddington; Cabeça de pregos with João Brites; Subterrâneo, a dark musical co-produced by Mácriação and Foguetes Maravilha; Ensaio de Orquestra by Tonan Quito and Filipe Melo, among others. Crista also participated in different musical projects, such as Oba Loba, Secret Museum of Mankind, Silence is a Boy and Cacique 97. In cinema, Crista’s notable appearances include the following feature films: The Sword and the Rose by João Nicolau; 4 Hearts by Manuel Mozos; A Film Like This by João Botelho; Arabian Nights, The Tsugua Diaries and Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes and Human Nature, a short film by Mónica Lima.

Gonçalo Waddington is an actor, director, playwrighter and screenwriter. As an actor, he has appeared in films by Miguel Gomes, Marco Martins, Margarida Cardoso, João Canijo, Tiago Guedes and Ivo M. Ferreira, among others. At the same time, Waddington is a writer and theater director. He has directed a feature film, PATRICK, that premiered in the Official Competition of the San Sebastien Film Festival in 2019, and two short films: IMACULADO, which he wrote and produced, premiered at the IndieLisboa Festival 2013; and NENHUM NOME, premiered internationally at the Festival de Cine Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and winner of a Special Mention at the IndieLisboa Festival 2013.

Cláudio da Silva was born in Huambo, Angola, in 1974. He has a degree in Applied Foreign Languages ​​(Catholic University of Portugal - 1992/97) and a Bachelor degree in Theater (Superior School of Theatre and Cinema, Lisbon - 1999/2002). In theater, he worked with Teatro Praga, Miguel Loureiro, João Fiadeiro, Miguel Pereira, Jorge Silva Melo (Artistas Unidos), Rogério de Carvalho and Nuno Carinhas (Companhia de Teatro de Almada and Teatro do Bolhão), Pablo Fidalgo, Teresa Gafeira, Ricardo Aibéo, Zia Soares (Teatro de Griot), Mário Trigo, Madalena Vitorino, Jean-Paul Buchieri, Inês de Medeiros, Carlos Pessoa (Teatro de Garagem), Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, Ana Borralho and João Galante, Nuno Cardoso, Rita Natálio, João Samões, Lígia Soares, Gonçalo Amorim (Teatro Experimental do Porto), Manuel Wiborg and António Pires (Teatro do Bairro). He co-directed Debaixo da Cidade with Manuel Wiborg. He staged My Blackie by Arne Sierens for Artistas Unidos and Felizmente Há Luar by Sttau Monteiro for TEP. Cláudio co-created Teatro Fantasma, with Carla Bolito, O3 with Pedro Nunez, Woyzeck, fuk’em ol! with Carolina Dominguez and Pedro Paiva, and Morto o Cão, Acabou-se a Fúria – a vida of Luiz Pacheco with Carolina Dominguez and Pablo Fidalgo. He’s also the creator of Poeta Armando. In cinema he worked with Solveig Njordlund, Jorge Cramez, José Pinto Nogueira, António Borges Correia, Luís Galvão Telles, Luis Filipe Rocha, Miguel Gomes, Sandro Aguilar, Ico Costa, Paulo B. Menezes, Paulo Abreu, Patrick Mendes and João Botelho. He participated in the following TV series: Inspector Max, Freedom 21, Ten, Aqui Tão Longe, Tell Me How It Was and Glória; and in the soap operas Terra Brava (SIC) and Para Sempre (TVI). He received the SP/RTP Award for Best Film Actor for his role in João Botelho's Disquiet (2011) and the Globo de Ouro SIC/Caras Award for Best Theater actor for his performance in Se Isto é Um Homem by Rogério de Carvalho (2021). He collaborates with the Cultural and Ecological Association Palettentheater Kollektiv.

Born and raised in Paris with Vietnamese roots, Lang Khê TRAN studied theatre and cinema at La Sorbonne, complemented by a year of applied arts studies before starting modeling in France and London, collaborating with brands like Lancôme or Chanel. Her acting debut with a female lead role alongside Gaspard Ulliel, Gérard Depardieu, and Guillaume Gouix happened in Les Confins du Monde, a movie about Indochina war, earning the film a selection at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.