2022 | Portugal | Fiction

Aos dezasseis (At Sixteen)

  • Portuguese English 14 mins
  • Director | Carlos Lobo
  • Writer | Carlos Lobo, Luís Costa
  • Producer | André Guiomar, Luís Costa, Mafalda Rebelo

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Transfixed, she follows the movements of a group of dancers rehearsing a routine. Watching two girls kiss, she longingly bites her lower lip – yet in the mirror, she studies her own reflection with disapproval. As feelings of desire vie with insecurity and dejection, the film reveals its 16-year-old protagonist’s emotions mainly through glances and facial expressions – her most explicit utterance being the one written on her forearm: TAKE ME DEMONS.

Desire Insecurity Youth Longing Silence
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