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Bad Living

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In a family-run hotel, by the Portuguese northern shore, lives a group of women from different generations of the same family, whose relationships with each other have grown poisoned by bitterness. They try to survive in the declining hotel, as the unexpected arrival of a granddaughter to this oppressive space stirs trouble, reviving latent hatred and piled-up resentments.

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Jessica Kiang Variety 02/26/2023
Canijo appears to be going for a tragic, Bergmanesque effect — there are a lot of windows and mirrors into which one or other woman can stare pensively — but with such a lack of human warmth, the tragedy never really grips. Go to Full Review Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter 02/23/2023
Punishingly slow, grandiloquently depressing and ultimately not even especially convincing psychologically, Bad Living feels like the work of people who sincerely believed they were making great art. Sadly, they were mistaken. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Oct 29
4/5
...a fascinating experience that will surely mark this film-loving year at various festivals. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine Oct 28
6/10
Bad Living can be read as a contemporary variation on melodrama: where the genre typically resolves conflict through catharsis, Canijo proposes the persistence of discomfort. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Arthur Goyaz Loud and Clear Reviews 08/07/2024
4/5
Canijo lays out two possible truths, both equally unfathomable to digest: some people will never learn how to love, and some parents just don’t love their children. Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella Awards Daily 12/02/2023
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...for over two unrelentingly grim hours we are forced into their cruel and vicious world...Canijo loves to sit his camera down for interminable periods for long and extreme-long shots, resulting in a need to squint to see what is going on. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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João Canijo

Director

Anabela Moreira

Piedade

Rita Blanco

Sara

Madalena Almeida

Salomé

Cleia Almeida

Raquel

Vera Barreto

Ângela
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Synopsis In a family-run hotel, by the Portuguese northern shore, lives a group of women from different generations of the same family, whose relationships with each other have grown poisoned by bitterness. They try to survive in the declining hotel, as the unexpected arrival of a granddaughter to this oppressive space stirs trouble, reviving latent hatred and piled-up resentments.
Director
João Canijo
Producer
Pedro Borges, Francois d'Artemare
Screenwriter
João Canijo
Production Co
Les Films de l'Après-Midi, Midas Filmes
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Portuguese
Runtime
2h 7m