Low Light Films Boards Locarno Competition Thriller ‘O Jacaré,’ Basil Da Cunha Celebration of Lisbon’s Vibrant Reboleira District (EXCLUSIVE)

Basil Da Cunha's thriller 'O Jacaré' is competing at the Locarno Film Festival, Variety reports. The Portuguese-Swiss writer-director sets his film in Reboleira, a neighborhood in Lisbon where characters will use any means necessary to locate one hundred eighty thousand euros—roughly two hundred thousand dollars—hidden somewhere in the district. The film celebrates the neighborhood's vibrant character while its characters pursue the hidden cash.

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