Civil War

A quiet, sunlit summer drifting into melancholy, watching a withdrawn boy reach toward a girl who briefly makes the world feel alive.

Directed by

Pedro Caldas

Genres

Drama

Starring

Francisco Belard, Maria Leite, Nuno Romano

Overview

Summer of 1982, a beach in the south of Portugal. Rui and his parents live closed in their worlds, blind to the failure that characterizes them as a family and condemns them to the malaise of survival. Rui will have school exams but he is only interested in music and in the exploration of imaginary worlds that he constantly sketches in drawings. Only Joana seems capable of pulling him out of his autism. The girl's vitality fascinates him.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Coming-of-age, family, isolation, identity

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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