A 24-year-old slacker presses pause on life to nurse his breakup wounds — while fate has other ideas — in João Rosas' thoroughly winning romantic comedy. To most viewers, Nicolau — played with ...

Films about 20-something characters drifting aimlessly through life have a tendency to drift themselves, but that can also be part of their charm. Not every movie needs to be a nail-biter, and not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In “The Luminous Life,” Portuguese director João Rosas shows off his hometown Lisbon – but chances are, you won’t recognize it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicolau (Francisco Melo), the shy and shaggy protagonist at the heart of Joao Rosas’ debut feature, The Luminous Life (A Vida ...

In “The Luminous Life,” Portuguese director João Rosas shows off his hometown Lisbon – but chances are, you won’t recognize it. “It’s sentimental cartography: tourists don’t know these places, but ...