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At an Uncertain Time (2015)
Directed by Carlos Saboga
Overview
It’s 1942, and Portugal languishes under dictatorship and WWII rages just beyond its borders. Secrets, half-truths, and mistrust prevail in the state security office of chief inspector Varga, who makes professional privilege a cover for his unprofessional interest in a boldly carnal refugee and her alleged brother. Director/writer Saboga (screenwriter for Raúl Ruiz’s MYSTERIES OF LISBON) saturates the dark world of this predatory tale with steamy eroticism and paranoia, starting with the incestuous desires of his bi-curious adolescent daughter and including the family maid.
Length 72 minutes
Actors
Joana Ribeiro | Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet | Ana Padrão | Paulo Pires | Filipa Areosa | Pedro Lima | Joana de Verona | Filipe Crawford | Judith Davis