When we are younger, things can take on proportions different from what they are in reality. A small grove can appear to be the world’s biggest forest. A game of hide and seek can look like a war. A night can seem to last for an eternity, and a small error can become a tragedy. Two young boys run through the woods apparently playing catch, when one of them goes into hiding. To one-up his opponent, the other one decides to leave and hides the former’s bike, which was his way of returning home. From this simple premise, the film builds a sensorial maze of silences interrupted by night noises, of darkness invaded by the moonlight, in which natural elements take precedence, and the movie’s first image might be menacingly premonitory. “Noite Turva”, a dense and mysterious film that also opens up space to magnify the viewer’s expectations by slowly unraveling its plot, marks Diogo Salgado’s debut at Curtas. (JA)