Obscure Light

Name: Obscure Light
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-04-21
Duration: 1 h 16 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Rui Pato, Alvaro Pato, Isabel Pato

Luz Obscura (2017)

1:16 (76 min)

Documentary

Portugal

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Watch film Obscure Light — Competição Nacional - Luz Obscura, Susana de Sousa Dias

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Rui Pato

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Alvaro Pato

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Isabel Pato

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Obscure Light is a Portuguese documentary that explores the fragmented identity of a family. The film blends identification photographs captured by the political police during the Salazar dictatorship with personal accounts provided by the children of a communist activist who was killed.

Written and directed by Susana de Sousa Dias, this project was the first of two films she directed before her 2025 work, Fordlândia Panacea. The production was handled by Kintop Pictures and produced by Ansgar Schäefer. The cast features Rui Pato, Alvaro Pato, and Isabel Pato appearing as themselves.

The film has a runtime of 76 minutes. Based on 50 votes, it holds a rating of 6.2/10 on IMDb.