One night, one man, one regime — and nowhere left to run.
Set during the Estado Novo dictatorship, in the night of April 24, Pedro hears that the political police, PIDE, assaulted his house. Fearing of what his fate may be, Pedro runs, looking for a place to hide.
Acting
Diogo Infante's panic is physically exhausting to watch.
Direction
Costa stretches 63 minutes into eternal night.
Production
Period detail so precise you can smell the fear.
Director
Luís Filipe Costa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released 25 years after the Carnation Revolution, this was one of the first Portuguese films to directly confront Salazar-era trauma without heroic distance.
Shot almost entirely in real time across actual Lisbon locations; the PIDE headquarters exterior was filmed at the original building, still standing.
PT
