War

A quiet, haunted drift through memory and landscape, more elegy than story, asking patience as it circles old wounds.

Directed by

José Oliveira, Marta Ramos

Genres

Drama

Starring

Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, José Lopes

Overview

The recollections of a Portuguese teacher in the present will make us follow his father, Manuel, former fighter in our colonial war and constantly tormented with those memories. He'll walk us through the depths of the physical sites that haunt him - from training barracks to the lakes and gardens of his youth and infatuation - and also to his memory's gulf - war and passion combined, entangled, in a battle that questions or howls immemorial existential doubts.

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Memory, war, trauma, grief

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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

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