Movielogr
We Are on Air (2024)
Directed by Diogo Costa Amarante
Overview
Thirty-something Vítor still lives with his mother, Fátima, in his grandmother Júlia’s apartment. Fátima is a hairdresser with a quiet disposition who, at night, fantasises about the policeman who has just moved in next door. By day, Vítor is a lowly employee on a TV show. But at night, he dons his neighbour’s uniform to win the favour and satisfy the desires of a boy he’s met online. In her retirement home, Júlia is unable to sleep at night and has long forgotten what drugs she is meant to be taking. She misses her dead husband, who manifests himself in the body of a living friend, and gets involved in her daily activities. Through these characters, Diogo Costa Amarante constructs a fascinating portrait of lives lived while desires remain unrealised.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Carloto Cotta | Sandra Faleiro | Valerie Braddell | Anabela Moreira | Cucha Carvalheiro | João Pacola | Marco Paiva | Pedro Almendra | Romeu Runa | Sónia Balacó | Leonor Carneiro