
The Flame of a Candle
Visit website6.7/10 • 6
2025-04-09 • 1h 49m
Northern Portugal. An imposing residence with its garden and magnolia tree. As we know, home is a place that film, this outdoor art, has often used to depict less the joys of family life than a pernicious space. André Gil Mata has made it his stage, with its rooms, its furniture, what plays out there and what has already played out there. From one room to another, from one era to another, the film delves deep into this enclosed space, a kind of suffocating box.
- Directors
- André Gil Mata
- Writters
- André Gil Mata
- Editors
- André Gil Mata, Claire Atherton

The Flame of a Candle
Visit website2025-04-09 • 1h 49m
6.7/10 • 6
Northern Portugal. An imposing residence with its garden and magnolia tree. As we know, home is a place that film, this outdoor art, has often used to depict less the joys of family life than a pernicious space. André Gil Mata has made it his stage, with its rooms, its furniture, what plays out there and what has already played out there. From one room to another, from one era to another, the film delves deep into this enclosed space, a kind of suffocating box.
- Directors
- André Gil Mata
- Writters
- André Gil Mata
- Editors
- André Gil Mata, Claire Atherton
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsEva Ras
Alzira (80)
Márcia Breia
Beatriz (75)
Dinis Gomes
Augusto (45 / 60 / 80)
Catarina Lacerda
Piano Teacher
Pedro Bernardino
Alzira's Father
Ângela Marques
Maria
Manuel Nabais
André (adult)
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Portuguese
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- Keywords
- housewifematter of life and deathstolen generationbored housewifecontemplative cinemafreed slaveobservational documentaryend of lifepast and presentcontemplationgenerational traumafull-time housewifegenerational disillusionment