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Lilian M.: Relatório confidencial
Breaking the mould of most Boca do Lixo films by tackling both rural and urban cultures, Reichenbach’s first major work explores a common story of…Published on: -
Imagens de uma cidade perdida
There is a curious difference between cinema and real life. Anyone returning home from a journey to Lisbon, who says how pleasant it is to…Published on: -
AUN – The Beginning and the End of All Things
In the first place, it’s a work of art. So much fantasy, so much wisdom, so many wonderful images and such idiosyncratic music, it’s almosPublished on: -
Rua Aperana 52
Bressane, a leading name in progressive Brazilian cinema for the past forty years, was honoured with a retrospective at the IFFR in 2000. He has…Published on: -
Ovos de dinossauro na sala de estar
Extremely idiosyncratic portrait of an eccentric widow who looks after the impressive collection of fossils and documents left behind by her late husbPublished on: -
Silêncio de dois sons
Mysterious, dreamy fiction about a mother who tells a secret story to her daughter, while two babies are asleep. The house is a character as…Published on: -
Duelo antes da noite
Refined drama about a journey by a boy and a girl that has a great influence on the rest of their lives. Student competition at…Published on: -
Oh! Rebuceteio
A hard-core porn parody on A Chorus Line featuring an egomaniacal theatre director who inspires his actors to perform lurid, freeform sexual acts on sPublished on: -
O emigrante
This Angolan filmmaker regularly went awol at the previous IFFR. It turned out he was spontaneously shooting a new film in Rotterdam, about the largePublished on: -
O despertar da besta
Working primarily in horror, José Mojica Marins broke away from earnestly macabre films like At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul (1964) – while still…Published on: