The Luminous Life (2025)
A Vida Luminosa
It’s springtime in Lisbon and Nicolau turns 24, but he’s not celebrating. Living in his parents’ house, hostage to a dream of being a musician that never comes true and plagued by the ideal image of an ex-girlfriend who left him a year ago and never came back, Nicolau feels incapable of moving forward and inventing a life of his own. He takes odd jobs until the day he discovers that his mother is just as dissatisfied with life as he is. Nicolau is shaken, but he doesn’t stumble.
- Date of release
- 2025-05-07
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- João Rosas
Casting
- Francisco Melo — Nicolau
- Cécile Matignon — Chloé
- Margarida Dias — Inês
- Federica Balbi — Anna
- Gemma Tria — Emma
- Ângela Ramos — Matilde
- Francisca Alarcão — Mariana
- Andreia Alves — Andreia
Interesting facts
The Luminous Life is a 2025 Portuguese drama film written and directed by João Rosas in his feature directorial debut. It was released theatrically on 26 June 2025. It had its premiere at the IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival on 7 May 2025. It was released theatrically on 26 June 2025.
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