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The Luminous Life

It’s springtime in Lisbon and Nicolau turns 24, but he’s not celebrating. Living in his parents’ house, hostage to a dream of being a musician that never comes true and plagued by the ideal image of an ex-girlfriend who left him a year ago and never came back, Nicolau feels incapable of moving forward and inventing a life of his own. He takes odd jobs until the day he discovers that his mother is just as dissatisfied with life as he is. Nicolau is shaken, but he doesn’t stumble.

Original title: A Vida Luminosa
Genre: Drama
Director: João Rosas
Cast: Francisco Melo, Cécile Matignon, Margarida Dias, Federica Balbi, Gemma Tria, Ângela Ramos, Francisca Alarcão, Andreia Alves
Country: Portugal, France
Studios: Midas Filmes, Les Films de l'Après-Midi
Language: pt
Year: 2025
Duration: 106
Release date: 2025-05-07
TMDB: 5.000 · 3 votes
Status: Released