The Left Behind

(2022)

Year: 2022

Runtime: 21 мин

Country: Portugal, Switzerland

Director: Aurélie Oliveira Pernet

Cast: Tânia Alves, Valerie Braddell, Adriano Luz, Francisco Nascimento, Maria João Vaz, Élsio Correia Manique, Laura Ivo Proença

Plot

In summer, the Portuguese countryside is ravaged by fires. Otilia struggles between her job as a pool cleaner and the need to take care of her mother alone. Stunned by this suffocating daily life, the flames awaken in her solitude, despair and the desire to escape.