A housewife walks out and walks straight into a murder frame. Seventies Lisbon never looked this dangerous.
A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl, who leaves her husband to search for her true identity. She doesn't quite know what she wants, but at least she knows what she's escaping from. Soon she encounters financial difficulties and finds herself involved with shady characters, a situation that leads to a mysterious murder. The net closes around her.
Cinematography
Lisbon's gray streets shot like a character closing in.
Acting
Maria Cabral's hollow-eyed drift from housewife to suspect.
Direction
Telles channels early Fassbinder by way of Portuguese fascism's hangover.
Director
António da Cunha Telles
Miguel Franco
Vitor Lopes, the smuggler
Ruy de Carvalho
Dr. Alves, the boss
Zita Duarte
airline employee, the colleague
Mário Jacques
Carlos, the husband
Lia Gama
boutique owner
Armando Cortez
Eng. Machado, the customer
Pedro Efe
Publicity Agency Worker (uncredited)
Adelaide João
Alves' Concierge (uncredited)
Ana Maria Lucas
Publicity Agency Worker (uncredited)
Eusébio
Self - Football Player (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manuela Maria
Suzette
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before the Carnation Revolution, the suffocating atmosphere mirrors Portugal waking from fascism—freedom that feels like freefall.
Telles shot guerrilla-style without permits; those authentic Lisbon street crowds had no idea they were in a movie.
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