Living Bad

Living Bad

124 mins | Drama | May 7, 2023

A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn between being present for his wife and the space that his mother takes up between the two of them. A mother encourages her daughter’s marriage to enable her own love affair with her son-in-law. Another mother lives through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions. Three families at the end of their cycles of acceptance.

Living Bad

124 mins | Drama | May 7, 2023

Living Bad
A hotel by the northern shore of Portugal welcomes its guests over the weekend. A man is torn between being present for his wife and the space that his mother takes up between the two of them. A mother encourages her daughter’s marriage to enable her own love affair with her son-in-law. Another mother lives through her daughter, preventing her from making her own decisions. Three families at the end of their cycles of acceptance.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Les Films de l'Après-Midi, Midas Filmes
Original title Viver Mal
Directors João Canijo
Writers João Canijo

Cast

Nuno Lopes

as Jaime

Filipa Areosa

as Camila

Leonor Silveira

as Elisa

Rafael Morais

as Alex

Lia Carvalho

as Graça

Beatriz Batarda

as Judite

Leonor Vasconcelos

as Júlia

Carolina Amaral

as Alice

Anabela Moreira

as Piedade

Rita Blanco

as Sara

Madalena Almeida

as Salomé

Cleia Almeida

as Raquel

Vera Barreto

as Ângela

Lourdes Norberto

as (voice)