''The Invisible Life'' ( pt, link=no, A Vida Invisível) is a Portuguese feature-length drama film directed by
Vítor Gonçalves
Vítor Gonçalves is a Portuguese filmmaker, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is considered to be part of The School of Reis film family.
Career
Vítor Gonçalves was born in 1951 to Vasco Gonçalves. In 1979, he graduated fro ...
and produced by the Portuguese production company Rosa Filmes.
The film's world premiere was at the international competition of the 2013
Rome Film Festival
International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma.
Sections
The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections:
Cinema d'Og ...
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Plot
The film follows the interior life of Hugo, a middle-aged public servant who lives by night at his workplace, the palace of
Terreiro do Paço
Terreiro is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cuanza Norte.
See also
* Communes of Angola
The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Ango ...
in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
from where centuries before the Portuguese Empire was governed, nowadays ministries of the Portuguese government. Obsessed with the 8mm footage he discovered at the belongings of António, his recently deceased superior, Hugo recalls the day António told him he was dying. These memories unexpectedly bring back others, including remembrances of the last time Hugo saw Adriana, the last woman he loved, who is nowadays living in another country.
Cast
* Filipe Duarte as Hugo
* Maria João Pinho as Adriana
* João Perry as António
* Pedro Lamares as Sandro
* Susana Arrais as the nurse
Production
The film marks Vítor Gonçalves return to feature filmmaking after a hiatus of more than twenty years following his acclaimed debut with the cult-film ''
A Girl In Summer
''A Girl In Summer'' ( pt, Uma Rapariga No Verão) is a Portuguese film from 1986, directed by Vítor Gonçalves. It was considered by the Harvard Film Archive as ''One of the great Portuguese films of the 1980s'',
Reception
''The Guardians Andrew Pulver awarded the film four stars, describing it as "rigorous, elegant study of emotional crisis." Sukhdev Sandhu, writing in ''Sight & Sound'', said the film "asks raw, unsettling questions of us all."
CinEuphoria Awards 2015 gave seven awards to the production for Best Actor: Filipe Duarte, Best Film (National Competition), Best Script, Best Supporting Actor: João Perry, Best Original Music: Sinan C. Savaskan, Best Trailer, and Top Ten of the Year https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002264/2015/1/