Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
- Spain, Portugal
- 2025
- 112'
- Must See Must Be
The film explores intimate relations between men, scattered between two very distance historic periods: one is set in the ancient Roman public bath in Bande, in the province of Galicia. The other happens today, when two men, António and Jota, visit the ruins of the same public bath. Back in the era of Ancient Rome, two Roman legionnaires Aurelius and Pompey, spend their time at the very same location. Two storylines, two timelines, and a single space. The film asks a question about the nature of male intimacy, going beyond any limitations imposed by history and culture.
- Directed by: Gabriel Azorín
- Screenplay: Gabriel Azorín, Celso Giménez
- Photography: Giuseppe Trupi
- Editing: Ariadna Ribas
- Cast: Santiago Mateus, António Martim Gouveia, Oussama Asfaraah, Pavle Čemerikić
A film director and screenwriter from Spain. One of the founders of the lacasinegra filmmaking collective together with Elena López Riera. Early in his career, he made many short films, followed by a fully-fledged documentary ‘Los mutantes’ (2016). His feature début ‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes’ premièred in the Giornate degli Autori section at the 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival. Later, the film was selected for the Seminci International Film Week in Valladolid, where it won the Fundos Special Award, and for the Belfort Entrevues International Film Festival, winning the Grand Prix Award.
