Between Shadows

Crossroads follows a Lisbon bus driver through a single night of work, weaving together the fleeting encounters with his passengers and his own personal journey. As the city pulses with life, each stop brings new faces, stories, and unspoken struggles, blurring the line between his path and those he carries.

Antônio, the owner of a mechanical workshop, is convinced to take care of his granddaughter while working. The dynamics of the ex-military change when he is surprised by the girl, a teenager with down syndrome.

Clara, a newly hired nurse at a psychiatric hospital, witnesses abuse in the institution’s neglected wards. When she tries to report the torture of a patient, she ends up being interrogated by the police. But instead of clarifying the facts, her answers only deepen the suspicions.