By Basil Da Cunha
Country: Switzerland, Portugal
Languages: Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based
Casting: Pedro Ferreira, João Veiga, Nelson da Cruz, Duarte Rodriguez
Production year: 2013
Runtime: 01h35
Production company: Box Productions, Haute École d'Art et de Design (HEAD)
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…
Cannes IFF 2013 – Directors’ Fortnight
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal 2013
Warsaw IFF 2013
Sao Paulo IFF 2013
Rotterdam IFF 2014
Next IFF 2014 – Romania