Four Hours Barefoot

Quatro horas descalço

16 mins
5 / 10 (294)
19

Synopsis

In a mountain village in the north of Portugal, a murder occurred. A sixteen-year-old boy leaves the house barefoot, under the cold night, towards the forest. For thirty kilometres he walks, up and down the mountain. He has one single thought in his head.

MUBI's take

Inspired by a true story that occurred in a village in the north of Portugal, this enigmatic short film centres on a man’s expiatory journey by foot of through the forest, just after he commits murder. Director Ico Costa’s first feature follows the same premise and premiered in Rotterdam last month!