Backlight (film)

Backlight
PortugueseContraluz
Directed byFernando Fragata
Written byFernando Fragata
Produced by
  • Fernando Fragata
  • Sandra Menino
Starring
Cinematography
  • Fernando Fragata
  • Daniel Herman
Edited by
  • Fernando Fragata
  • Olena Kuhtaryeva
Music byNuno Malo
Production
company
Virtual Audiovisuais
Release date
  • 22 July 2010 (2010-07-22) (Portugal)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesPortugal, United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office€ 378.809,36

Backlight (Portuguese: Contraluz) is a 2010 Portuguese–American mystery and action drama film directed by Fernando Fragata. It stars Joaquim de Almeida, Evelina Pereira, and Scott Bailey.

Backlight was the second highest-grossing Portuguese film in 2010.[1]

  1. ^ "Filmes nacionais mais vistos – 2004/2005 (Dados até 01 de Julho de 2015)" [Most visited national films – 2004/2005 (Data until 1 July 2015)] (PDF). ica-ip.pt (in Portuguese). Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual [Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.