Mendonça based his second horror film on the legend of ‘the cotton girl’: in the 1970s, a dead girl appeared in the public toilets in Recife, frightening everybody. She still startles people with her appearance in the shadows. This unusual meta-docu-thriller was rightly praised, partly thanks to its cinematographic qualities. The brilliantly crafted and closely edited (photographic) images suggest a shocking, slowed down motion. In combination with the strikingly meticulous sound mix, they emphasise the personal style of Mendonça.
- Directors
- Kleber Mendonça Filho, Daniel Bandeira
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2002
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 7'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Original title
- A menina do algodão
- Producers
- Kleber Mendonça Filho, Daniel Bandeira
- Production Company
- CinemaScopio
- Sales
- Synapse
- Screenplay
- Daniel Bandeira, Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cinematography
- Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Editor
- Daniel Bandeira, Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast
- Daniel Bandeira