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Friends after Dark

2016 · 24 min

A quiet, drifting night among friends where waiting becomes the whole story, wry and faintly melancholy.

Directed by
Rita Barbosa
Genres
Drama
Starring
João Nicolau, Mariana Ricardo, Máximo Francisco
Overview
In the year when cinema was paralyzed in Portugal due to lack of funding, a group of friends embarks on a mysterious expedition to see wolves in their natural habitat, but ends up being trapped in a house without much to do. The night goes by and the expedition’s main goal seems increasingly compromised until the biologist who promised them adventures shows up.

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Directed by
Rita Barbosa
Genres
Drama
Starring
João Nicolau, Mariana Ricardo, Máximo Francisco
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • nature
  • art
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Rita Barbosa
Written by
Rita Barbosa, Marta Brito
Starring
João Nicolau, Mariana Ricardo, Máximo Francisco, Nuno Moura, Andresa Soares
Cinematography
Paulo Menezes
Runtime
24 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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