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Night Passage

Original title: Passagem da noite
Portugal, 2003

Director: Rocha, Luis Filipe
Production company: Gemini Films
Age recommendation: 16 years and up

Synopsis:
Mariana, a 17-year-old student living in one of the dormitory suburbs of Lisbon, is raped by an HIV-positive drug-user. Hiding this violent crime from everyone - her parents, boyfriend, friends, the police, and court, Mariana is also forced to hide her consequent pregnancy and possible contamination. he chooses to do it alone.

Tracked down by a childless police inspector and protected by a shrewd,pragmatic prostitute, Mariana undergoes a turbulent process of growth and survival in the following nine months - her "passagem da noite" (Rites of Passage) - leaving adolescence and attaining adulthood. (BUFF Malmö 2004)

Festivals:
Olympia 2003, Malmö 2004, Poznan 2004, Du Grain á Dèmoudre Gonfreville l'Orcher 2004

World sales address/es:
Gemini (F)
Madragoa (PT)

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