At an Uncertain Time

(2015)

★ 4.3 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2015

Runtime: 72 мин

Country: Portugal

Director: Carlos Saboga

Cast: Joana Ribeiro, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ana Padrão, Паулу Пириш, Filipa Areosa, Pedro Lima, Joana de Verona, Filipe Crawford, Judith Davis

Plot

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.