The Invisible Life

The Invisible Life (Portuguese: A Vida Invisível) is a Portuguese feature-length drama film directed by Vítor Gonçalves and produced by the Portuguese production company Rosa Filmes.

"A Vida Invisível" redirects here. For the 2019 film also known as A Vida Invisível, see The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.

The Invisible Life
Directed byVítor Gonçalves
Produced byPedro Fernandes Duarte
Rui Alexandre Santos
Christopher Young
Maria João Sigalho
Written byVítor Gonçalves
Mónica Santana Baptista
Jorge Braz Santos
StarringFilipe Duarte
Maria João Pinho
João Perry
Susana Arrais
Pedro Lamares
Music bySinan Savaskan
CinematographyLeonardo Simões
Edited byRodrigo Rodrigues Pereira
Rui Alexandre Santos
Production
company
Rosa Filmes
Young Films
Release date
  • 1 August 2013 (2013-08-01)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryPortugal
United Kingdom
Andorra
LanguagePortuguese
Budget€800,000

The film's world premiere was at the international competition of the 2013 Rome Film Festival.[1]

Plot

The film follows the interior life of Hugo, a middle-aged public servant who lives by night at his workplace, the palace of Terreiro do Paço in Lisbon from where centuries before the Portuguese Empire was governed, nowadays ministries of the Portuguese government. Obsessed with the 8mm footage he discovered at the belongings of António, his recently deceased superior, Hugo recalls the day António told him he was dying. These memories unexpectedly bring back others, including remembrances of the last time Hugo saw Adriana, the last woman he loved, who is nowadays living in another country.[2]

Cast
  • Filipe Duarte as Hugo
  • Maria João Pinho as Adriana
  • João Perry as António
  • Pedro Lamares as Sandro
  • Susana Arrais as the nurse

Production

The film marks Vítor Gonçalves return to feature filmmaking after a hiatus of more than twenty years following his acclaimed debut with the cult-film A Girl In Summer.[1]

Reception

The Guardian's Andrew Pulver awarded the film four stars, describing it as "rigorous, elegant study of emotional crisis."[3] Sukhdev Sandhu, writing in Sight & Sound, said the film "asks raw, unsettling questions of us all."

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References
  1. "Official International Competition of the 2013 Rome Film Festival". romacinemafest.it. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. "Rosa Filmes official page". rosafilmes.pt. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/24/the-invisible-life-edinburgh-2014-first-look-review-vitor-goncalves
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