In the Darkness of the Night

IMDb link: 0413053
IMDb rating: 6.7 (661 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Director: João Canijo
Cast: Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Cleia Almeida, Fernando Luís and others

Release date: 21 Oct 2004
Release year: 2004
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: Portugal
Keywords: father daughter incest, prostitution, mafia, greek tragedy, white slavery, suicide, sister sister relationship, singing, night life, murder

Plot:

Joao Canijo latest movie adapts a Greek tragedy "Ifigenia en Aulis" to a provincial Portuguese family that has to deal with the Russian Mafia after a deal went wrong. In a place where everything is bought and sold even the youngest daughter may have to be offered for prostitution to make up for a deal that went terribly wrong. "Noite Escura" deals with the emotions of a small family that runs a provincial whorehouse, having to sell their youngest in order to survive.

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