Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.
Still from Goodnight Irene (2008), by Darya Films.

GOODNIGHT IRENE

Two solitary men embark on a journey to find a missing woman, driven by a desire for freedom and friendship.

  • Lisbon. Portugal. Present day.

    For Alex and Bruno, it could be any other time or place.

    An old and sickly failed English actor, Alex drags out a solitary existence recording voice-overs for cheap travel videos, drinking himself to sleep at the local bar, and ridiculing the world and others with his cynical wit.

    Bruno, a young and reclusive Portuguese locksmith, devotes himself to his obsession: fighting the passing of time. He does this by breaking into other people’s homes to make a “record” of their lives and identities through their possessions, which he then meticulously organizes in a large archive at the back of his shop.

    Although strangers to one another, both men’s lives are set to change when Irene, an attractive Portuguese painter, moves into the apartment next to Alex’s. 

    Joyful and passionate about life, Irene is everything Alex and Bruno are not, and the two men’s lives begin to gravitate obsessively around her.

    Then one day, inexplicably, Irene disappears.

    Although initially hostile to each other, Alex and Bruno join forces to search Irene’s apartment for clues to her whereabouts, and slowly move in, forgetting about the world outside. In this safe haven, they begin to grudgingly accept one another, and a trusting friendship slowly develops.

    When they discover Irene might be in Spain, and in danger, these two unlikely heroes decide to embark on a mission to rescue her, and leave for Spain.

    The journey might turn out to be pointless. But they’ll make it together. As friends.

  • Production
    Darya Films | Filmes do Tejo II

    Funding
    ICA (Portugal) | ICAA (Spain) | RTP (Portugal) | Fundação Horácio Roque

  • Alex Robert Pugh

    Bruno Nuno Lopes

    Irene Rita Loureiro

    Armando Amadeu Caronho

  • Writer & Director Paolo Marinou-Blanco

    Director of Photograpy Miguel Sales Lopes

    Editing Vanessa Pimentel | Pedro Ribeiro | Paolo Marinou-Blanco

    Composer Jaroslaw Bester | Carlos Bica

    Casting Patrícia Vasconcelos | Suzanne Smith

    Sound Director Pedro Melo

    Production Designer João Torres

    Costume Design Patrícia Dória

    Make Up & Hair Sandra Pinto

    Sound Designer & Mixer Hugo Leitão

    Line Producer Margarida Nunes | Manuel Rebelo

    Producers Maria João Mayer | François d’Artemare | Paolo Marinou-Blanco

  • Lusomundo Portugal

  • Berlinale Coproduction Market

  • Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival

    Edinburgh International Film Festival

    International Film Festival of India

    Valencia International Film Festival CinemaJove

    Bergamo Film Meeting

    Dublin International Film Festival

    Mill Valley Film Festival

    Provincetown International Film Festival

    Bogota International Film Festival

    Uruguay International Film Festival

  • Coming soon.