At an Uncertain Time

Name: At an Uncertain Time
Director: Carlos Saboga
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-10-15
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 4.25
Cast: Joana Ribeiro, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ana Padrão, Paulo Pires, Filipa Areosa

★ 4.25 2015 1h 12min Drama

It’s 1942, and Portugal languishes under dictatorship and WWII rages just beyond its borders. Secrets, half-truths, and mistrust prevail in the state security office of chief inspector Varga, who makes professional privilege a cover for his unprofessional interest in a boldly carnal refugee and her alleged brother. Director/writer Saboga (screenwriter for Raúl Ruiz’s MYSTERIES OF LISBON) saturates the dark world of this predatory tale with steamy eroticism and paranoia, starting with the incestuous desires of his bi-curious adolescent daughter and including the family maid.