NOITE PERPÉTUA / PERPETUAL NIGHT
PEDRO PERALTA
Castuera, Spain, April 1939. During the night two Falangist Guards appear at the door of the house where Paz is taking refuge with her family. They request her presence at the police station. Paz immediately understands the fatality of this visit. Unjustly condemned, without a possibility to escape, she asks to breastfeed, for one last time, her newborn daughter.
Pedro Peralta was born in Lisbon, where he lives and works. In 2012, he directed the short film Mupepy Munatim (2012), selected and distinguished in several national and international festivals. In 2016 directed the short film Ascension, internationally premiered at the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival and selected in more than seventy festivals. Since 2013 he has worked at the film production company Terratreme Filmes, where he coordinates the distribution. He is currently working on the development of his first feature film entitled KA.