"An ace, a card, a feeling yet to be revealed…"
In Ace, two friends live on opposite banks of the Tagus River, bound by a closeness that begins to reveal itself as something else. Amid this encounter, one of them discovers a feeling that has yet to be named. The film explores this latent passion through subtle gestures, in which every detail carries hidden meanings and suggests more than it reveals, building an atmosphere of anticipation and suspense. (Liedson Carvalho)
Margarida Pereira
Mariana Demétrio
In Ace, two friends live on opposite banks of the Tagus River, bound by a closeness that begins to reveal itself as something else. Amid this encounter, one of them discovers a feeling that has yet to be named. The film explores this latent passion through subtle gestures, in which every detail carries hidden meanings and suggests more than it reveals, building an atmosphere of anticipation and suspense. (Liedson Carvalho)
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