Viver Mal

Living Bad

2023 125 min. Portugal, France João Canijo

Official Section - Feature Films

Director
João Canijo

Screenplay
João Canijo

Cinematography
Leonor Teles

Editing
João Braz

Sound
Tiago Raposinho, Elsa Ferreira

Producer
Pedro Borges

Production
Midas Filmes [PT], Les Films de l'Après-midi [FR]

Cast
Nuno Lopes, Filipa Areosa, Leonor Silveira, Rafael Morais, Lia Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda

Synopsis
A hotel by the Portuguese northern shore is home to three families. A man is torn between his wife and the space his mother occupies between them. A mother encourages her daughter to marry to benefit her love affair with her son-in-law. Finally, another mother lives her life through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Portugal Film

Filmography
João Canijo
PORTUGAL (1957)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2023 MAL VIVER / BAD LIVING
2023 VIVER MAL / LIVING BAD
2011 SANGUE DO MEU SANGUE / BLOOD OF MY BLOOD
2004 NOITE ESCURA / IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT
1998 SAPATOS PRETOS / BLACK SHOES

Festivals
Berlin

Notes
Spanish Premiere

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