The Little Cotton Girl
A menina do algodão
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.
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. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2002
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm