Drama
We Are on Air
Thirty-something VĂtor still lives with his mother, FĂĄtima, in his grandmother JĂșliaâs apartment. FĂĄtima is a hairdresser with a quiet disposition who, at night, fantasises about the policeman who has just moved in next door. By day, VĂtor is a lowly employee on a TV show. But at night, he dons his neighbourâs uniform to win the favour and satisfy the desires of a boy heâs met online. In her retirement home, JĂșlia is unable to sleep at night and has long forgotten what drugs she is meant to be taking. She misses her dead husband, who manifests himself in the body of a living friend, and gets involved in her daily activities. Through these characters, Diogo Costa Amarante constructs a fascinating portrait of lives lived while desires remain unrealised.
