In a House, At Night

“Alice and Lynn, mother and daughter, struggle with their existence in a women's shelter.”

On Halloween night, in a women’s shelter, 7-year-old Lynn sulks about missing her old house and dares to leave her mother’s bed in a tantrum, hurting her. Separated and alone, the young girl re-encounters fear as witness of the asleep victims' nightmares, while Alice, her mother, dangerously ponders about calling back her husband so to give Lynn her family again…

Directed by Tomás Paiva Ferreira

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