In the Darkness of the Night
2004 · Movie · 94 min. · Portugal
João Canijo latest movie adapts a Greek tragedy "Ifigénia en Aulis" to a provincial Portuguese family that has to deal with the Russian Mafia after a deal went wrong. In a place where everything is bought and sold even the youngest daughter may have to be offered for prostitution to make up for a deal that went terribly wrong. "Noite Escura" deals with the emotions of a small family that runs a provincial whorehouse, having to sell their youngest in order to survive.
Direction João Canijo
Cast Beatriz Batarda · Rita Blanco · Fernando Luís · Cleia Almeida · José Raposo · Dmitri Bogomolov · João Reis
Soundtrack Alexandre Soares
Screenplay João Canijo · Pierre Hodgson · Mayanne Von Ledebur
Cinematography Mário Castanheira
Original title Noite Escura (In The Darkness of the Night)
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86 votes (FilmAffinity)
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