Title from cover art. Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. Aspect ratio 1.85:1 widescreen. Special features: commentary by director João Paulo Miranda Maria; short film The girl who danced with the Devil, directed by João Paulo Miranda Maria (15 min.), Portuguese with English subtitles. Antonio Pitanga, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Sam Louwyck, Soren Hellerup, Aline Marta Maia.
Summary:
In this audacious debut feature, Joao Paulo Miranda Maria conjures a surreal image of the racial and social rifts in modern day Brazil. Cristovam, an Indigenous Black man from the rural North, moves to an industrialized Southern town populated by the descendants of Austrian ex-pats to work in a milk factory. Immediately confronted with their virulent racism, he becomes more and more estranged from the white world. Upon discovering an abandoned house filled with objects reminding him of his origins, Cristovam begins a spiritual and physical metamorphosis.
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