2016年，时年23岁的葡萄牙新锐纪录片导演Leonor Teles凭借此片斩获柏林电影节短片单元金熊奖，成为史上最年轻的金熊奖得主。在葡萄牙，由于古老的迷信传说，商户常在门口、橱窗处摆放陶瓷青蛙像，以驱逐吉普赛人、抵制其进入。Leonor Teles及团队以盗出陶瓷像当街打破的形式，表达对此仇外情绪的抗议和对社会公义的诉求。纪录片结合了吉普赛社群家庭影像和抗议行为的过程。
"Once upon a time, before people came along, all the creatures were free and able to be with one another", narrates the voiceover. "All the animals danced together and were immeasurably happy. There was only one who wasn't invited to the celebration - the frog. In his rage about the injustice, he committed suicide." Something Romani and frogs have in common is that they will never be unseen, or stay unnoticed. In her film, young director Leonor Teles weaves the life circumstance of Romani in Portugal today with the recollections of a yesterday. Anything but a passive observer, Teles consciously decides to participate and take up position. As a third pillar, she establishes an active applied performance art that becomes integrated in the cinematic narrative. Thereby transforming "once upon a time" into "there is". "Afterwards, nothing will be as it was and the melody of life will have changed", explains a voice off-camera.
