SYNOPSIS
Josefina is a 40-year-old nun who is about to take her perpetual vows. She is called back to her childhood village to attend her father’s funeral when she meets her 15-year-old nephew who has been abandoned by his mother. Isolated, back in the old family house, the nun and her nephew feel disconcerted as religion, family, and love become entangled.
Awards
Honorable Distinction Award, Special Jury Award | Cyprus Film Days IFF, Cyprus, 2021
Best Feature Film, Best Actress | Festival de Internacional de Cinema Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, 2021
CAST & CREW
David Bonneville
Director
Producer(s)
Joana Ferreira, Isabel Machado, Jasmina Sijercic
Script
David Bonneville, Diego Rocha
Director of Photography
Vasco Viana
Production designer
Bruno Duarte
Music by
Jonatan Blati, José Alberto Gomes
Sound
Dana Farzanehpour
Edit
Nicolas Desmaison
Cast
Anabela Moreira, Martim Canavarro, Margarida Moreira, José Manuel Mendes, Ângelo Torres, Miguel Guilherme
Production company(ies)
Bocalupo Films, C.R.I.M. Produções, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
David Bonneville
Born 1978. David Bonneville was born in Porto and is a screenwriter and director. His short film Cigano premiered at Locarno, Guadalajara, and SXSW; it won several Best Film, Screenplay, Directing, Acting, Cinematography, and Audience Awards. L'Arc-en-ciel premiered at Fantasporto and won the Best Actress Award in Coimbra, at the Mostralíngua Festival. Heiko was nominated at IndieLisboa, Slamdance and Transylvania FF. It won the Award for the Best Short Film at the MIX: CPH. David began his career as an assistant to Palme d'Or winner Manoel de Oliveira as well as Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon. David has also worked at the BBC. The Last Bath is his first feature film.
Filmography
Supercolla (2000, short), Le Temps (2001, short), Heiko (2008, short), Photomotion (2009, short), Éden (2009, short), Gypsy (2013, short), The Last Bath (2020).
