Coruja

| IFFR 2002

Short documentary about Bezerra da Silva, a wellknown and respected samba musician from the poor districts of Rio de Janeiro, who is balancing on the edge of life and death.

Also in this combined programme

Palíndromo
main programme short
As in a palindrome, the happiness and setbacks of someone who was at first happy are shown.
Ayer empieza mañana
main programme short
Old man steps back into his past. Despite his attempts to intervene, history continues to repeat itself.
Azar
main programme short
One man’s death is another man’s… life.
Benjamín
main programme short
About an old man, a pig, loneliness and sorrow.
Hasta los huesos
main programme short
Animation film about the realm of death, worms, laughing corpses and the famous singer.
Rogelio
main programme short
Short fictional story about a man who dies but keeps looking up life.
La mesa servida
main programme short
Hungry man steals two piglets in a small village but suffers remorse.