Veneno Cura

(Portugal/Spain, 2008, 84 minutes)

A former prostitute, a strip dancer, a lawyer and a photographer connected through a fetish and strip club engage in intense romantic and sexual relationships. Opaque arthouse drama that doesn't seem very sure of what it means to say but says it in an openly transgressive, baroque fashion.

Paulo Branco presents a Clap Filmes/Tornasol Films production, with financial support from ICA-MC, RTP and ICAA. Starring Sofia Marques, Margarida Carvalho, Sandra Rosado, Miguel Moreira, Gustavo Vicente, Gonçalo Amorim. Directed and written by Raquel Freire; produced by Paulo Branco; music by Rui Lima, Sérgio Martins; director of photography (Light Film/Schwarz Film), Mário Castanheira; art director, Maria José Branco; wardrobe, Margarida Marins, Patrícia Oliveira; film editors, Jackie Bastide, Rodolfo Wedeles.