Directed by:
João CanijoScreenplay:
João CanijoCinematography:
Leonor TelesCast:
Nuno Lopes, Filipa Areosa, Leonor Silveira, Rafael Morais, Lia Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda, Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida, Cleia Almeida (more)Plots(1)
Five women are running an old hotel and trying to save it from inexorable decay. Guests arrive over the course of a weekend: a couple bears the wounds of a long-term misunderstanding; a domineering mother interferes in her daughter’s relationship; two girls try to save their own love story in the face of opposition from a possessive mother. Viver Mal is the reverse shot of Mal Viver: here, João Canijo reveals everything that was floating in the depth of field in this film’s mirror image. Reality becomes the intertwining and multiplication of different points of view; the intersection between what can be seen and what the eye misses. Like a play of light reflections, Viver Mal is Mal Viver in another dimension. The image is distorted, but at the same time seeks a new definition by relaunching itself into infinity. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Nuno Lopes
Portugal
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Operação Outono (2012)
Joaquim (2017)
Filipa Areosa
Portugal
Best movies:
Fatima (2020)
Leonor Silveira
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
John From (2015)
Rafael Morais
Portugal
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Beatriz Batarda
UK
Best movies:
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
The Portuguese Nun (2009)
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Anabela Moreira
Portugal
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Diamantino (2018)
Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022)
Rita Blanco
Portugal
Best movies:
Amour (2012)
Blood of My Blood (2011)
The Gilded Cage (2013)
Madalena Almeida
Portugal
Cleia Almeida
Portugal
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Operação Outono (2012)