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.

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Cast

Joana Ribeiro

Ilda

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Boris

Ana Padrão

Marta

Paulo Pires

Vargas

Filipa Areosa

Deolinda

Pedro Lima

Jasmim

Joana de Verona

Madalena

Filipe Crawford

voice

Judith Davis

Laura