NIGHT AT THE ROADSIDE

NOITE NA VENDA

By Letícia CASTANHEIRA

RODÔ AUDIOVISUAL - as PROD

Drama - Development 2026

A family of three women, owners of a roadside tavern, welcomes four male visitors for the night, however the mystery is settled when one of them appears dead the next morning.

Festivals
& Awards

Guiões 2022
Feature screenplay
FRAPA 2022
Feature screenplay
    • Year of production
    • 2026
    • Genres
    • Drama, Female director, Crime
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Letícia CASTANHEIRA
    • Writer(s)
    • Letícia CASTANHEIRA
    • Producer(s)
    • Akira MARTINS (Rodô Audiovisual)
    • Synopsis
    • A family of three women: grandmother, mother and daughter, lives in a roadside restaurant and boarding house. They receive five visitors for the night: a traveling salesman, a government employee interested in expropriating the land, a doctor and a priest with a fervent believer. However, the next morning, everyone is surprised by the death of one of them. Mystery settles in an Agatha Christie-like suspense dynamic.
      Amid the investigation and the exchange of accusations, the existence of a village hiding society of women sheltered in the countryside fleeing abusive situations in the city: domestic violence, financial dependence and even murder. In addition to revealing someone guilty of the crime at the tavern, these women find a solution in unity and sisterhood.