Original name: Clear Nights
English name: Clear Nights
Year: 2024
Run time: 100 minutes
Language: Portuguese
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Portugal
Director: Paulo Filipe Monteiro
Producer: Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola
Cast: Beatriz Godinho, Duarte Melo, Romeu Runa, Custódia Gallego, Lídia Franco
Screenplay: Paulo Filipe Monteiro
Cinematographer: Manuel Pinho Braga
Editor: João Braz
Sound Designer: Olivier Blanc
Music Composer: Jorge Moniz
Production Designer: Luísa Bebiano
Production Company: Ukbar Filmes
World Sales: The Open Reel
Paulo Filipe was born on 8 August 1961 in Coimbra, Portugal. He is an actor and writer, known for Zeus (2016), Clear Nights (2024) and Pas de Quoi (2020).
Clear Nights tells the story of two siblings, in a time when they both rediscover themselves, face their problems and undergo a profound inner transformation. Lidia struggles to cope with her newborn baby: she can’t handle the expectations, doesn’t recognize her body, and distances herself from home and her boyfriend. Her brother Lauro works in a funeral agency. Divorced with a son, he grapples with accepting his bisexuality. Though the siblings rarely saw each other, their shared challenges bring them closer on a journey of rediscovery and profound inner transformation. The light at the end of the tunnel isn’t an illusion; the tunnel is.