Ancient Roman hot springs serve as a boundary between dimensions in the debut feature by a Spanish documentary filmmaker. Russian premiere of the restored version as part of the Still Life. Portrait. Landscape. Genre Beside Itself programme.
Registration opens three weeks before the screening
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
- Date:
- 18 Dec 2026,
19:00–21:10
Registration opens three weeks before the screening
- Age restrictions
- 18+
Anoche conquisté Tebas
2025, Gabriel Azorín
Portugal—Spain
112 minutes, Portuguese with Russian subtitles
Starring: Santiago Mateus, António Martim Gouveia, Oussama Asfaraah, Pavle Čemerikić
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What do young men talk about when, after a long journey, they relax in a small group in the thermal waters? About campaigns in a strategy video game. About the history of these baths, which once served the legionaries between battles. About their friendship, which is about to be put to the test by one of their friends moving away.
Still from Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes, 2025
It is a cinema of light devoted to the painstaking task of revealing mysteries and silences.
— Luis Martinez, El Mundo
At some point, the characters’ candour will suddenly open a portal through time and space—and it will turn out that, in the world of men, friendship is always earned through wars, both real and imagined.
