Name: Tabu
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2012-04-05
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo, Carloto Cotta

2012·Drama·2h

7.1

★

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

Directed by Miguel Gomes

crocodile

lisbon, portugal

plantation

haunted by the past

neighbor neighbor relationship

east africa

portuguese colonialism

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

Teresa Madruga

Pilar

Laura Soveral

Aurora

Ana Moreira

Young Aurora

Henrique Espírito Santo

Gian Luca Ventura

Carloto Cotta

Young Gian Luca Ventura

Isabel Cardoso

Santa

Ivo Müller

Aurora's Husband

Telmo Churro

Intrepid Explorer

Miguel Gomes

Narrator (voice)

Mariana Ricardo

Explorer's Wife / Aurora's Friend

Cândido Ferreira

Painter

Joana da Cunha Ferreira

Pilar's Friend #1

Crew

Miguel Gomes

Director

Miguel Gomes

Screenplay

Mariana Ricardo

Screenplay

Miguel Gomes

Editor

Telmo Churro

Editor

Rui Poças

Director of Photography

Sandro Aguilar

Producer

Maren Ade

Co-Producer

Luís Urbano

Executive Producer

Luís Urbano

Producer

Débora Ivanov

Co-Producer

Gabriel Lacerda

Co-Producer

Popular Reviews

36 reviews

José Silva

6.0★ · 10/06/25

Parece dois filmes diferentes que pega na personagem menos interessante da primeira parte e conta a sua história na segunda parte

Sarah

8.0★ · 09/24/25

Watched for the Anti-Criterion Challenge 2025:letterboxd.com/that1oboist/list/the-anti-criterion-challenge-2025/

30/52: Payal Kapadia's List of 50 Favorite Films

concha

9.0★ · 08/06/25

actually need this man
and also gorgeous storyline

maïa

7.0★ · 01/12/25

this was unexpectedly beautifully poetic

Zoë Westlund

4.3★ · 11/18/24

Great cinematography, questionable story that dragged — that’s me being generous. So much of this could have been cut and I feel like it would been even better.