Bad

Bad

85 mins | Drama | Feb. 25, 2000

Concerns an Irish woman, Cathy (Pauline Cadell), who dearly loves her Portuguese lawyer husband, Pedro (Rui Morisson); however, unbeknownst to her, he engages in one tryst after another. Cathy soon finds herself trying to help a young delinquent get off heroin, while the youth's desperate mother joins a weird religious cult. In other segments, an elderly man is nearly driven mad with grief at the loss of his granddaughter in a train station, while a down-and-out jeweler ushers the young girl to a hotel room.

Bad

85 mins | Drama | Feb. 25, 2000

Bad
Concerns an Irish woman, Cathy (Pauline Cadell), who dearly loves her Portuguese lawyer husband, Pedro (Rui Morisson); however, unbeknownst to her, he engages in one tryst after another. Cathy soon finds herself trying to help a young delinquent get off heroin, while the youth's desperate mother joins a weird religious cult. In other segments, an elderly man is nearly driven mad with grief at the loss of his granddaughter in a train station, while a down-and-out jeweler ushers the young girl to a hotel room.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers RTP, Camelot Pélis S.L., Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM), Metropolitan Films, Quimera Produções, Rosa Filmes
Original title Mal
Directors Alberto Seixas Santos
Writers Alberto Seixas Santos

Cast

Pauline Cadell

as Cathy

Alexandre Pinto

as Daniel

Lia Gama

as Emília, Daniel's mother

Zita Duarte

as Assunção

Sofia Aparício

as tv star

Luís Esparteiro

as Luis Vincente

Don Baker

as Sean

Madalena Leal

as Maria da Luz, Pedro's sister

Sofia Leite

as Marianada Luz, Pedro's sister

Rui Luís

as Lorry driver

Carla Chambel

as Jeweller's girl

Pedro Efe

as Guard

Maria João Luís

as Voice of Cathy (voice)

Sylvie Rocha

as Voice of Marta (voice)

Rui Morisson

as Pedro

José Pinto

as Little girl's grandfather

Raquel Maria

as Moradora 1

Paula Só

as Believer

Augusto Portela

as Policeman

Nuno Vieira de Almeida

as Church organist

Manuela Carona

as Cathy's friend