''Backlight'' (Portuguese: ''Contraluz'') is a 2010 Portuguese–American mystery and

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film directed by

Fernando Fragata Filmmaker Fernando Fragata started his career in Portugal with the short film Love & Alchemy, which won him several International awards for best short film and best director. His other Portuguese films include the romantic comedy Sweet Nightmare a ...

. It stars

Joaquim de Almeida Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. Almeida began his acting career in theatre during the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film ''The Soldier (1982 film), The ...

, Evelina Pereira, and Scott Bailey. ''Backlight'' was the second highest-grossing Portuguese film in 2010.

Cast

– Jay * Evelina Pereira – Helena * Scott Bailey – Matt * Michelle Mania – Lucy's mother *

Skyler Day Skyler Elizabeth Day (born August 2, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her recurring roles as Maggie Ritter on the TeenNick series '' Gigantic'' and as Amy Ellis on the NBC series '' Parenthood''. Life and career ...

– Lucy *

Joseph Hagler Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(as Joey Hagler) – Daniel *

Donovan Scott Donovan Scott (born September 29, 1947) is an American character actor best known for his role as cadet Leslie Barbara in the 1984 film ''Police Academy'', in which he was part of an ensemble cast led by Steve Guttenberg. Biography Scott stud ...

– Old farmer * Ana Cristina de Oliveira – Motel Receptionist

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010 action drama films American action drama films Portuguese action films 2010s mystery drama films English-language Portuguese films Portuguese-language films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{action-drama-film-stub