Living Bad (2023)
A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn between being present for his wife and the space that his mother takes up between the two of them. A mother encourages her daughter’s marriage to enable her own love affair with her son-in-law. Another mother lives through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions. Three families at the end of their cycles of acceptance.
Director:
João Canijo
Writer:
João Canijo
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Nuno Lopes as Jaime |
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Filipa Areosa as Camila |
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Leonor Silveira as Elisa |
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Rafael Morais as Alex |
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Lia Carvalho as Graça |
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Beatriz Batarda as Judite |
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Leonor Vasconcelos as Júlia |
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Carolina Amaral as Alice |
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Anabela Moreira as Piedade |
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Rita Blanco as Sara |
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Madalena Almeida as Salomé |
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Cleia Almeida as Raquel |
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Vera Barreto as Ângela |
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Lourdes Norberto as (voice) |
| Directing | João Canijo | Director |
| Writing | João Canijo | Screenplay |
| Production | Pedro Borges | Producer |
| Production | François d'Artemare | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Leonor Teles | Director of Photography |
| Editing | João Braz | Editor |
| Art | Nádia Santos Henriques | Art Direction |
| Art | Maria Ribeiro | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Elsa Ferreira | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tiago Raposinho | Sound |
| Editing | Andreia Bertini | Colorist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvia Siopa | Costume Design |
| Sound | Elsa Ferreira | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Joana Carneiro Reis | Production Manager |