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1h 15min
At an Uncertain Time
- Actor: Joana Ribeiro, Paulo Pires, Judith Davis, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
- Country: Portugal
- Director: Carlos Saboga
IMDB Rating
5.7
A Uma Hora Incerta is a movie starring Joana Ribeiro, Paulo Pires, and Judith Davis. Two French refugees are arrested during the Portuguese fascist regime, a police inspector decides to hide them at his home, while his wife consumed...
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.
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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