Revolution's over, the hangover's just beginning — and Rosa brought dynamite.
Lisbon, 1980s, Rosa, a woman joins a group of young people disappointed at the post-Revolutionary Portugal. Part of a far-left clandestine armed organization, they share political views and a daily life that makes them grow closer. But their idealism collides head-on with a changing country and a large-scale police operation targeting them. Fleeing on a road with no return and no way forward, their existence is made up of bank robberies, bombs, friendships, prison, love and death. Trapped, their only choice is to keep on the run until they get arrested or killed.
Direction
Ferreira captures 1980s Lisbon like a fever dream you can't wake from.
Acting
Jani Zhao's Rosa burns with the specific madness of true believers.
Production
Period detail so immersive you'll smell the cigarettes and cheap coffee.
Director
Ivo M. Ferreira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real far-left armed groups active in post-Carnation Revolution Portugal, when democracy felt fragile and extremism filled the vacuum.
Ferreira cast several actors whose own families lived through this era, lending the paranoia an almost documentary weight.
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