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Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

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On a cold winter afternoon, António and Jota return from the front with their friends, looking for an ancient Roman thermal bath. They joke with each other while wading through swamps, recounting past tactical glories. The baths have reappeared after a long time spent under the water of a reservoir, and people of all ages curious about the discovery come to spend the day. But there is something mysterious about these thermal springs -- the waters seem to exert an influence on the mood of the men, giving them the courage to say things they have never told anyone. As day turns to night, they confess their feelings and their fears of losing their best friend forever.

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Elsa Fernández-Santos El Pais (Spain) Aug 28
Risky and modest, devoid of action...Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes ultimately becomes a portrait of male friendship, of camaraderie, of a rare, understated emotion. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) Aug 27
4/5
It is a cinema of light devoted to the painstaking task of revealing mysteries and silences, yet filmed for the most part in darkness, deep within a night crowded with stars. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Manu Yáñez Fotogramas Aug 27
4/5
...a film that, with its radical vocation and sensory intensity, invites us to look to the past to understand our present. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Fernando Bernal Cinemanía (Spain) Aug 27
4/5
The film...possesses an inescapable contemplative quality that draws the viewer into traveling through time through its delicate images and a mise-en-scène that reflects on cinema’s power... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Gabriel Azorín

Director

Santiago Mateus

António

António Gouveia

Jota

Oussama Asfaraah

Aurelius

Pavle Cemerikic

Pompey

Gabriel Azorín

Screenwriter
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Synopsis On a cold winter afternoon, António and Jota return from the front with their friends, looking for an ancient Roman thermal bath. They joke with each other while wading through swamps, recounting past tactical glories. The baths have reappeared after a long time spent under the water of a reservoir, and people of all ages curious about the discovery come to spend the day. But there is something mysterious about these thermal springs -- the waters seem to exert an influence on the mood of the men, giving them the courage to say things they have never told anyone. As day turns to night, they confess their feelings and their fears of losing their best friend forever.
Director
Gabriel Azorín
Producer
Carlos Pardo Ros
Screenwriter
Gabriel Azorín, Celso Giménez
Production Co
DVEIN Films, Filmika Galaika, Bando à parte
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Portuguese
Runtime
1h 52m
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