Doclisboa2026 - Risks | The Remotes
Doclisboa2026 - Riscos | The remotes
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Tuesday 20 October · 10:30
In Doclisboa 2026's Risks section, the Portuguese premiere of John Torres's The Remotes: days before emigrating, a grieving detective investigates two sisters linked to a sinister navigation app in a world of automation, surveillance and diffuse violence. Screenings on 17 and 20 October at São Jorge, Sala 3, in dialogue with Lino Brocka's Manila in the Claws of Light.
Synopsis Screenings 17 OCT / 21.15, São Jorge, Sala 3 20 OCT / 10.30, São Jorge, Sala 3 The Remotes John Torres • 2026 • Philippines • 151’ • DCP Portuguese Premiere Days before emigrating, a grieving detective investigates two sisters linked to a sinister navigation app and finds himself slowly surrendering to the invisible voices that control the city and to his own persistent grief. The Remotes rekindles the fascination with the night that we discovered in Lino Brocka's Manila in the Claws of Light, this time in a world of automation, surveillance and diffuse violence. Torres's poetic opening inserts into this environment, portrayed with the codes of science fiction and crime films and haunted by grief, a moving reflection on unity and loss. Related Film Manila in the Claws of Light Prices General - 5€ Reduced mobility - 5€