Nocturne

A young woman with light sensitivity wakes up from a nightmare. With a flight from Copenhagen to Buenos Aires scheduled for the following morning, she prepares to leave but hesitates. As the night deepens, the approaching morning seems to drift further away, in a surreal atmosphere evocative of the cinema of Maya Deren and Luis Buñuel.

Duration: 8’
Production year: 1980
Country: DK
Language: DA Subtitles: PT

Upcoming sessions

11:00

São Jorge Cinema

Room 3

Lars von Trier

Born in 1956, Lars von Trier has established himself as the most ambitious and visually distinctive Danish filmmaker on the contemporary scene. He made his feature film debut with The Element of Crime (1984), which earned him international recognition, and solidified his reputation with Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996) and The Idiots (1998). In 1995, he co-founded the Dogme 95 movement, which advocated a more austere and naturalistic approach to filmmaking. His work is characterised by formal experimentation, the subversion of cinematic conventions, and an exploration of the limits of representation. Dancer in the Dark (2000), winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, marked one of the most acclaimed moments of his career. Subsequent films such as Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I and Vol. II (2013), and The House That Jack Built (2018) further confirmed the diversity and radical nature of his trajectory within European and international cinema.