Synopsis

When faced with the terrible fate awaiting his younger brother at the next ‘Holy Bath Ritual’, João finds a way to escape and cut ties with the cult his family belongs to. Although haunted by a great secret and a crisis of faith, João has only one goal: to save the life of the boy and protect him from the cold reality of the world in which they live in. The short sombre film by Portuguese directors Bruno Saraiva and Carolina Ferreira, students of Cinema, Video and Multimedia Communication at Universidade Lusófona, also won the 2020 Aipcinema award for best cinematography.