Country: Portugal
Year: 2026
Duration: 108'
On a remote island, a nameless young woman is found by the shore of a lake, close to drowning. Rescued by a mysterious man, she is taken in by Gabriela, a bitter and enigmatic woman who hides her and names her Malvina. In this land marked by secrets, grief, smuggling and revenge, Malvina's memory slowly returns in shards of glass, blood and lost love. And both women must face the same question: to remember in order to live, or to forget in order to survive.
Biography
film director
Fanny Ardant
(France) is one of the most distinctive figures in French cinema: actress, screenwriter and director. She achieved her breakthrough in Truffaut’s La Femme d’à côté (1981) and Vivement dimanche! (1983), and went on to work Alain Resnais, Ettore Scola, Volker Schlöndorff, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Ozon and Paolo Sorrentino. She won the two César for Best Actress (Pédale douce, 1996; La Belle Époque (2019) and shared the Silver Bear the cast of 8 Femmes (2002). She distinguished in her stage career, and as a filmmaker directed four features: Cendres et sang (2009), Cadences obstinées (2013), Le Divan de Staline (2016), and Ela Olhava Sem Nada Ver (2026).
FILMOGRAFIA
Cendres et sang (2009), Chimères absentes (cm, 2010), Cadences obstinées (2013), Le divan de Staline (2016), Magie noire (cm, 2017), Ne crains pas le bruit de mes ailes (cm, 2025), Ela Olhava Sem Nada Ver (2026).
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Fanny Ardant. CINEMATOGRAPHY: João Lança Morais. EDITING: Paulo MilHomens. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Paula Szabo. COSTUME DESIGN: Lucha d’Orey. MAKEUP: Rita Castro. MUSIC: Jean-Michel Bernard. SOUND: Tomé Palmeirim, Pedro Góis. COLORISTS: Rita Lamas, Camila Vale. CAST: Carolina Amaral, Ana Padrão, Paulo Pires, Miguel Borges, Vladimir Mishukov, Ricardo Pereira, Yulia Gancheva, Anabela Moreira, Marcello Urgeghe, Miguel Monteiro, Gérard Depardieu (special appearance). PRODUCTION: Ana Pinhão Moura for APM Actions Per Minute. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Carlos Parsotam. COPRODUCTION: ICA - Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, PIC Portugal. CONTACT: APM (Madalena Fragoso) - madalena@apm-actionsperminute.com.
