Summer of 1964. The professor Carlos and the couple Dário and Alda spend time together in the beach during vacations. Away from the colonial war, everything seems lost in time.
Direction
Melo's languid, sun-bleached compositions.
Cinematography
Light so thick you can taste the humidity.
Acting
Patey's crumbling restraint as Carlos.
Director
Jorge Silva Melo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Portugal's post-revolutionary reckoning, the film traps its characters in 1964—the year before the colonial wars exploded, making their blissful ignorance almost unbearable to watch.
Jorge Silva Melo cast mostly French actors to emphasize the colonial elite's cultural remove from Portugal itself—a subtle jab at the empire's contradictions.
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