Até ver a luz
a film by Basil da Cunha
Até ver a luz
A film by Basil da Cunha
- 2013
- Switzerland
- 95 minutes
- VO Cape Verdean Creole – FR, DE, EN subtitles
Straight out of jail, Sombra returns to his life as a drug dealer in the creole slum of Lisbon. In between the money he has lent and can’t get back, the money he owes, a fanciful iguana, an invasive little girl and a ringleader who begins to mistrust him, he starts to think that he might have been better off in the clink…
Até ver a luz
A film by Basil da Cunha
- 2013
- Switzerland
- 95 minutes
- VO Cape Verdean Creole – FR, DE, EN subtitles
Straight out of jail, Sombra returns to his life as a drug dealer in the creole slum of Lisbon. In between the money he has lent and can’t get back, the money he owes, a fanciful iguana, an invasive little girl and a ringleader who begins to mistrust him, he starts to think that he might have been better off in the clink…
FESTIVALS
World Premiere : Cannes 2013 – Director’s Fortnight
Curtas Vila do Conde
Festival International del Film Locarno
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal
Festival international de La Roche sur Yon
Mostra de Sao Paulo
Festival international de Varsovie
Festival international de Rotter
Cast & Crew
With
Pedro Ferreira
Joao Veiga
Nelson da Cruz Duarte Rodrigues
Paulo Ribeiro
Francisco Mota
Ruben Dias
Pedro Diniz
Directed by
Basil da Cunha
Director of photography
Patrick Tresch
Editing
Renata Sancho
Basil da Cunha
Emilie Morier
Sound
Filipe Tavares
Sound mix
Philippe Ciompi
Adrien Kessler
First assistant director
Pedro Diniz
Set decoration
Carlos Baessa de Brito
Production manager
Elena Tatti
Joana Cunha
Production
Box Productions
In coproduction with
La haute école d’art et de design –HEAD Genève
RTS
In collaboration with
O Som e a Furia
Distribution
Switzerland
Filmcoopi
Portugal
O som e a furia
France
Capricci
International sales
Urban Distribution
Broadcasts
RTS – RTP
Sold territories
Portugal, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Cyprus
Director’s bio
Basil Da Cunha was born on July 19th, 1985. He directed several short self-produced films before becoming a member of Thera Production, the association behind the production of « La loi du talion » in 2008 and « A côté » in 2009 (nominated for the 2010 Swiss cinema award and 2010 Best Portuguese film award, Vila do Conde). At the end of 2010, he directed Nuvem (Sunfish) in Lisbon; the film premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2011. In 2012, his latest short « Os vivos tambem choram » (The Living Also Cry) hits the festival circuit.
He is currently finishing his Cinema studies at the Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design in Geneva (HEAD) and is collaborating with Box Productions (Switzerland) and O som e a fúria (Portugal) on his next film.
