13-23 nov 2025
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Criminal Case 141/53 & Post Criminal Case
Criminal Case 141/53 & Post Criminal Case
Description
During this screening, the film Criminal Case 141/53 will be followed by Post Criminal Case.
Tickets & Times
Sat, november 15
11:45 – 13:37
Tuschinski 4

Thu, november 20
17:30 – 19:22
Pathé City 3
Composition
Criminal Case 141/53

Criminal Case 141/53

The story of two sisters in Portugal who were arrested in the early 1950s for protesting a law that barred nurses from marrying. One of them endured the hardships of frequent beatings and solitary confinement.
Post Criminal Case

Post Criminal Case

In this sequel to Criminal Case 141/53 (2000), Susana de Sousa Dias reflects on the earlier film, and on the complex dialogue between archive and personal memory in a history marked by dictatorship.
Tickets & Times
Sat, november 15
11:45 – 13:37
Tuschinski 4

Thu, november 20
17:30 – 19:22
Pathé City 3
Retrospective: Susana de Sousa Dias
In celebration of our Guest of Honor, IDFA presents several films by acclaimed filmmaker, curator, and academic Susana de Sousa Dias. Known for her singular approach to archival images and cinematic form, her work interrogates dictatorship, colonial legacies, and the fragile terrain of memory.
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(nostalgia) & Obscure Light

(nostalgia) & Obscure Light

48

48

Susana de Sousa Dias
Portugal
2009
93 min
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