The Night

The Night

Directed by Regina Pessoa

Produced by Filmógrafo, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia

19996 min6.3 / 10

A haunting animated meditation on the vast, isolating distance between a mother and child, where emotional abandonment becomes cosmic darkness.

It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are alone and abandoned.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Night sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Does The Night end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is The Night scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is The Night violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Night easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise37

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like The Night

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Night

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Night, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Night, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Night, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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