This film is among the early work by Mendonça in which he chooses the horror genre: pursued by traumas from a previous crime, the culprit literally and metaphorically locks himself up in his own creative world. His fears penetrate (fictional) reality, which provides a confusing mixture of fantasy and film reality. The constant threat of danger keeps putting the viewer on the wrong track.
Also in this combined programme
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Green Vinyl
A mother gives her daughter a box of old gramophone records. She’s not allowed to listen to the green record. If she does it will… -
Eletrodoméstica
If the housekeeping of this Brazilian family remains punctual, everyone will come into their own. -
Friday Night Saturday Morning
Small-scale romantic story about two lovers who are at opposite ends of the world. -
The Little Cotton Girl
Meta-docu thriller in photo stills about a dead girl who appeared in the 1970s in the public toilets of Recife.
Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 1997
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 32'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
