Economic hardship takes its toll on domestic life in Teresa Villaverde's mesmerising depiction of a family's struggle to stay connected.

Seventeen-year-old Marta is at a difficult stage in her life. Heartbroken from a recent break-up, she spends her days alone and stays out late into the night. The rest of the family isn't faring much better: her mother works long hours at two jobs, while her unemployed father turns to ever more reckless measures to make money. But even as the reality of financial struggle closes in on the three of them, a sense of magical possibility still glimmers through.

A quiet, patiently observed study of a family in crisis, Teresa Villaverde's Colo examines the personal consequences of Portugal's economic downturn, to offer an intimate, understated and unusual tale of material and emotional deprivation and a longing for a better life.

'Obstinately enigmatic … The way Villaverde plays with suggestion and symbolism proves immensely seductive, leaving one teased, provoked, blissfully mystified.' – The Film Stage