The Luminous Life
2025, Portuguese. Directed by João Rosas.
It’s springtime in Lisbon and Nicolau turns 24, but he’s not celebrating. Living in his parents’ house, hostage to a dream of being a musician that never comes true and plagued by the ideal image of an ex-girlfriend who left him a year ago and never came back, Nicolau feels incapable of moving forward and inventing a life of his own. He takes odd jobs until the day he discovers that his mother is just as dissatisfied with life as he is. Nicolau is shaken, but he doesn’t stumble.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 7 May 2025
- Original title
- A Vida Luminosa
- Country
- Portugal, France
- Written by
- João Rosas
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The Luminous Life runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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The Luminous Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 May 2025. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Luminous Life?
The Luminous Life (2025) was directed by João Rosas and stars Francisco Melo, Cécile Matignon, Margarida Dias.