Peter Kam Pui-Tatis a music composer for Hong Kong films including The Warlords, Bodyguards and Assassins and Dragon... (wikipedia)
The pace of this film is rather slow, I wanted to express the characters' inner world more than just tell what is happening in an objective environment.
We're not making genuine Portuguese music, but we used its spirit in the movie's score.
Stick to a way that you like, you feel touching, and that you think will work, then you will make it.
Exalt. Music can help a film to exalt to another level which is the utmost goal.
I like reading touching stories and am easily moved by them.
If you write music that is touching enough, you will win people's admiration despite your limitation in technical respects.