Crystal Globe Competition / A Vida Luminosa / Portugal, France 2025
Spring is in the air, and Nicolau has just turned twenty-four years old, but he doesn’t feel like throwing a big party. He is beginning to sense that his dream of being a professional musician is falling apart, he still lives with his parents, and he pines for his former girlfriend. Though he lacks the energy to move forward, fate throws several opportunities his way to take control of his life again. With his debut feature – a sun-drenched Lisbon tale about the carefree naiveté of youth that brings to mind the films of Rohmer – João Rosas follows on not just his shorts Entrecampos (2012), Maria do Mar (2015), and Catavento (2020), in which he depicted Nicolau’s childhood and adolescence, but also the legacy of earlier Portuguese auteur filmmakers.
Sandra Hezinová
99 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director João Rosas
/ Screenplay João Rosas
/ Dir. of Photography Paulo Menezes
/ Sound Olivier Blanc
/ Editor Luís Miguel Correia
/ Art Director Cláudia Lopes Costa
/ Producer Pedro Borges
/ Production Midas Filmes
/ Coproduction Les Films de L’Après-Midi
/ Cast Francisco Melo, Cécile Matignon, Margarida Dias, Federica Balbi, Gemma Tria, Ângela Ramos, Francisca Alarcão
/ Contact Midas Filmes
João Rosas (1981, Lisbon). Filmography: Entrecampos (2012, short), Maria do Mar (2015, short), Catavento (2020, short), Death of a City (A Morte de uma Cidade, 2022, doc.), The Luminous Life (A Vida Luminosa, 2025).
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