LAST NIGHT I CONQUERED THE CITY OF THEBES
[ANOCHE CONQUISTÉ TEBAS]
Gabriel Azorín announces himself as a major new voice with his narrative feature debut, a cosmic hangout film of sorts with a formal control that suggests a director decades his senior. In the vicinity of an ancient Roman thermal bath in the Spanish countryside, several young men boast of victories, confess fears and look up at the darkening sky; as night falls, another group materializes, their conversations echoing what came before and gradually confounding our very sense of time. A film of lingering mystery and beauty, distinguished by remarkable night photography, a breathtaking drone shot and an impressive command of blocking, space, and light, LAST NIGHT I CONQUERED THE CITY OF THEBES is narrative cinema as travelogue and time machine. (Note courtesy of New York Film Festival.) Official Selection, 2025 Venice Film Festival. DIR/SCR Gabriel Azorín; SCR Celso Giménez; PROD Carlos Pardo Ros. Spain/Portugal, 2025, color, 112 min. In Portuguese, Latin, Galiian and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
Genre: Drama
