A movie inside a movie? This 25-minute rabbit hole demands your full attention.
Direction
Dinis Costa's nested structure keeps you guessing what's staged.
Acting
Cast plays actors playing characters—triple-layered performances.
Director
Dinis Costa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Portuguese cinema in the early 2010s saw a surge of micro-budget meta-experiments, with directors like Miguel Gomes inspiring a generation to question narrative authority.
The title 'Ensaio' literally means 'rehearsal'—the entire film is arguably one, which recontextualizes every 'mistake' you witnessed.
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